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Author Smith, Lesley (Lesley Janette)

Title The Ten Commandments : interpreting the Bible in the medieval world / by Lesley Smith
Published Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages)
Series Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 175
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; 175.
Contents Approaches -- Law -- Number -- God -- Neighbour -- The hand and the mind: action and intention in keeping the law -- Word and truth -- Conformity and diversity -- Last words
Summary Using the commentaries of a group of scholars from c. 1150-1350, along with confessors' manuals, mystery plays and sermon material, this book investigates the place of the Decalogue in medieval religious life and thought
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Ten commandments -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Ten commandments fast
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004274884
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1306942365
9781306942362