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Title Interpreting the Bible and Aristotle in late antiquity : the Alexandrian commentary tradition between Rome and Baghdad / [edited by] Josef Lössl and John W. Watt
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 343 pages)
Contents pt. 1. Alexandria to Rome -- pt. 2. Alexandria to Baghdad
Summary This book brings together sixteen studies by internationally renowned scholars on the origins and early development of the Latin and Syriac biblical and philosophical commentary traditions. It casts light on the work of the founder of philosophical biblical commentary, Origen of Alexandria, and traces the developments of fourth- and fifth-century Latin commentary techniques in writers such as Marius Victorinus, Jerome and Boethius. The focus then moves east, to the beginnings of Syriac philosophical commentary and its relationship to theology in the works of Sergius of Reshaina, Probus and Pa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Aristotle
SUBJECT Aristotle fast
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013622
Bible fast
Subject Alexandrian school.
Criticism -- Mediterranean Region -- History
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
Alexandrian school
Criticism
Mediterranean Region
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Lössl, Josef.
Watt, J. W.
LC no. 2011014770
ISBN 9781409410089
1409410080
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