Fresh on Augustine on the Hebrew Bible in the JTS

Edmon Gallagher posted on academia.edu the prepub version of a forthcoming JTS article: “Augustine on the Hebrew Bible“. Enjoy!

Abstract:

Augustine’s support for the Septuagint as the true Christian Old Testament never waned, but his understanding of the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint did develop over his career. His earliest statements assume that the Seventy translators faithfully rendered the Hebrew text, with any discrepancy resulting from ambiguity in the source text. His correspondence with Jerome convinced him that there was more to it than that. Augustine’s mature writings evidence an innovative theory whereby both the Hebrew text and its Greek translation could be correct, guiding the reader to spiritual insight, even if they said different things.

Fresh on Eriugena’s Biblical Interpretations

New book on Eriugena’s biblical exegesis:

Andrea Cavallini, La penna del pavone: Bibbia ed esegesi in Giovanni Scoto Eriugena (Fundamentis Novis 5; Rome: Cita nuova, 2016).

This seems to a revised version of Cavallini’s PhD thesis. The author has uploaded the introduction, conclusions and the TOC on his academia.edu page, here.

Blurb:

L’ermeneutica biblica di Giovanni Scoto, il contesto culturale, la dottrina e la pratica Giovanni Scoto, detto l’Eriugena (sec. IX), è senza dubbio uno dei pensatori più profondi e audaci dell’Alto Medioevo, capace di unire fides e ratio, tradizione latina e tradizione greca, Bibbia e arti liberali, in un’unica e armonica costruzione filosofico-teologica. In essa l’interpretazione della Scrittura gioca un ruolo centrale e costituisce il più difficile e importante campo d’azione della ragione umana. I significati del testo biblico sono infiniti, come innumerevoli sono le sfumature di colore che si ammirano in una sola penna di pavone, perché infinita è la ricchezza di Colui che nella Scrittura si rivela nascondendosi. Il volume introduce il lettore all’ermeneutica biblica di Giovanni Scoto, presentandone il contesto culturale, la dottrina e la pratica.

PhD Position on Apocryphal Literature at Strasbourg

For this interested in things apocryphal: in an email from AELAC (Association pour l’Étude de la Littérature Apocryphe Chrétienne), Prof Rémi Gounelle anounces that there is a PhD position available at Strasbourg, within the Ecole Doctorale de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses. This is a 3-year fully funded PhD position to work with him (and others if necessary) on a thesis on apocryphal literature, which can be a critical edition and commentary, or a study of the history of the image of, and cults around characters in biblical and apocryphal literature. The language is French, and the place is great. For more info, feel free to contact Prof Rémi Gounelle, whose web page you can find here.

 

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