Bede: Commentary on Revelation (Translated Texts for

Bede: Commentary on Revelation (Translated Texts for Historians LUP)

The Commentary on Revelation is Bede's first venture into Biblical exegesis -- an ambitious choice for a young monastic scholar in a newly Christianized land. Its subject matter -- the climax of the great story of creation and redemption, of history and of time itself -- adds to the Commentary's intrinsic importance, for these themes lie at the heart of Bede's concerns and of his achievement as a historian, exegete, scholar, and preacher. But Bede was also a man of his age. When he penned the Commentary around 703, speculation and anxiety about the end of the world was in the air. According to conventional chronology, almost 6000 years had passed since creation. If for God -one day... is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day' (2 Peter 3:8), the world was destined to last six millennia, corresponding to the six days of creation. The end, then, was close. Bede vigorously opposed the temptation to calculate the time of the end. The Commentary argues that Revelation is not a literal prophecy, but a symbolic reflection on the perennial struggle of the Church in this world. At the same time, the young Bede is starting to shape his own account of how the end-times would unfold. This translation, prefaced by a substantial Introduction, will be of interest to students of medieval religious and cultural history, of Anglo-Saxon England, and of the history of Biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Liverpool University Press
EAN	9781846318450
Edition	1
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1846318459
Label	Liverpool University Press
Manufacturer	Liverpool University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	343
PublicationDate	2013-06-15
Publisher	Liverpool University Press
Studio	Liverpool University Press
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Bede: Commentary on Revelation (Translated Texts for Historians LUP)