01639    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001300136072001100149072002100160072002100181072002100202072002000223100001600243245008400259250000600343260003200349300001000381520099400391113886862020250317100406.0250312042015GB                   eng    a9781138868625  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 49.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aD2thema7 aD2bic7 aLIT0000002bisac7 aLIT0120002bisac7 aREL0540002bisac7 a220.60922bisac1 aMark Hazard10aLiteral Sense and the Gospel of John in Late Medieval Commentary and Literature  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20150423  a228 p  bFocusing on the famous Medieval commentator Nicolas of Lyra and the anonymous Middle English biblical adaptation of the Gospel of John, the Cursor Mundi, this book examines the development of the analytical tools of biblical literary criticism showing how late Medieval commentators negotiated the paradoxical interdependence of the literal and spiritual senses, as transmitted by traditional and inherited vocabularies, through a focus on narrative structure. Mark Hazard combines an enlightening account of the actual practice of professional commentators, the history of Gospel interpretation and cultural history to reveal that remarkable shift in the treatment of the Bible that modern scholars would regard as having laid the groundwork for the historical-critical methods in biblical research. As such this book sheds light not only on the 14th century practice of biblical interpretation, but will also be of value to those currenlty engaged in reading and writing about the bible.