Iohannes Scottus Eriugena : the Bible and hermeneutics : proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, held at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, June 7-10, 1995

Author(s)

• Riel, Gerd van
• Steel, Carlos G.
• McEvoy, J. J.
• Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies
• Internationales Eriugena-Colloquium

Bibliographic Information

Iohannes Scottus Eriugena : the Bible and hermeneutics : proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, held at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, June 7-10, 1995

edited by Gerd van Riel, Carlos Steel, James McEvoy

（Ancient and medieval philosophy / De Wulf-Mansion Centre, ser. 1 ; 20）

University Press, 1996

Other Title

Johannes Scottus Eriugena : the Bible and hermeneutics : proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, held at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, June 7-10, 1995

Note

Supplmental leaflet "SPES and the study of Eriugena" inserted

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the month of June, 1995, the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies held its ninth International Colloquium at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve. The Colloquium was devoted to Eriugena's hermeneutics and his interpretation of the Bible. The feature of Biblical hermeneutics is of main interest for a thinker like Eriugena. For him the source and the end of all truth is the understanding of Sacred Scripture. To unravel this inconcussa auctoritas diuinae Scripturae all hermeneutical skills have to be brought into play, in order to give rise to a true spiritual understanding of the Bible. This volume contains the contributions presented at the Colloquium, which shed light on numerous aspects of Eriugena's hermeneutics of Scripture. Without imposing too rigid a classification, the contributions to this book can be listed under four headings. The first two studies present large-scale tableaux, establishing the context within which Eriugena undertook his biblical studies. In a second group of articles, attention is paid more directly to the specifically Eriugenian method of understanding Sacred Scripture. The theoretical aspects of Eriugena's exegesis, as established in the second part, are adapted in the third, in which Eriugena's interpretation of particular Biblical texts is investigated. The fourth and last heading, then, would contain studies in the range and method of Eriugena's exegesis, with particular attention to manuscript sources, and to new texts to be included into the opera of John Scottus. A bibliographical survey is added to the volume. It is intended to complement the work of M. BRENNAN, A Guide to Eriugenian Studies. A Survey of Publications 1930-1987 / Guide des études érigéniennes. Bibliographie commentée des publications 1930-1987 (Vestigia, 5), Fribourg (Éditions Universitaires)/Paris (Éditions du Cerf), 1989. Given the ever-increasing interest in the study of Eriugena and the corresponding growth in the number of publications dedicated to Eriugena's life, work, and influence, the editors believed it would be beneficial to provide a bibliographical survey for the period from 1987 onwards. The large number of references from this relatively brief period can be considered as amply justifying this enterprise.

Table of Contents

Foreword List of Contributors Abbreviations of Editions Introduction. News and Views on Eriugena's Hermeneutics James McEvoy Carolingian Biblical Culture John J. Contreni The Irish Tradition of Biblical Exegesis, A.D. 550-800 Martin McNamara The Originality of Eriugena's Spiritual Exegesis Bernard McGinn The Parallelism of Nature and Scripture: Reflections on Eriugena's Incarnational ExegesisWillemien Otten Biblical Contradictions in the Periphyseon and the Development of Eriugena's Method Thomas o' Loughlin Le rà´le herméneutique de la foi dans la pensée érigénienne José Luis Cantón Alsonso Scriptural Truth in the Periphyseon Jack C. Marler The Eriugenian Concept of Theology: John the Evangelist as the Model Theologian Agnieszka Kijewska Five Wise Virgins: Theosis and Return in Periphyseon V Deirdre Carabine Primordiales Causae in Eriugena's Interpretation of Genesis: Sources and Significance Robert D. Crouse Denial or Promise of the Tree of Life? Eriugena, Augustine and Genesis 3:22b Donald F. Duclow The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Carlos Steel Eriugena's Ars Rhetorica: Theory and Practice Stephen Gersh Grammar and Dialectic: A Topical Issue in the Ninth Century Anneli Luhtala John Scottus and the Biblical Manuscripts Attributed to the Circle of Sedulius Michael W. Herren Recherches sur les 'Tractatus in Matheum' attribués à Jean Scot Gustavo A. Piemonte Artifex Scriptura Édouard Jeauneau A Bibliographical Survey of Eriugenian Studies 1987-1995 Gerd Van Riel Index

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• NCID: BA35381006
• ISBN:
  • 9061867363
• Country Code: be
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engfre
• Place of Publication: Leuven
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 408 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Erigena, Johannes Scotus, approximately 810-approximately 877 -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Bible -- Hermeneutics -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Medieval -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01070650