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The Benedictine Prologue
A Contribution to the Early History of the Latin Prologues to the Pauline Epistles, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum /Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity
ISBN/EAN: 9783161625503
Umbreit-Nr.: 859875
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XII, 186 S.
Format in cm: 1.2 x 23.2 x 15.5
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 08.12.2023
Auflage: 1/2023
- Zusatztext
- For centuries, biblical prologues introduced readers to the themes and problems of the Latin Bible. Paul's profile has undoubtedly been shaped by this genre: Paul the new Moses, Paul the theologian, Paul the arbitrator between Jews and gentiles. Despite fine critical editions, the texts and historical situations of these prologues still lack scholarly attention. The present monograph examines one such introduction known as the Benedictine Prologue, acknowledged for its relationship to the Muratorian Fragment but excluded from all indices of biblical paratexts. Prompted by a new manuscript discovery, Jeremy C. Thompson and Clare K. Rothschild treat the prologue in its own right with a new edition and commentary covering all known sources and analogues. Ultimately, they propose to ground this rare text in the book practices, theological polemics, and intellectual exchange between Greek and Latin writers of the early fifth century and beyond.