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CONTROVERSY OVER PATRISTIC EXEGESIS: 1865-1975

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1976
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The exegetical method established by the early Christian Church fathers for interpreting the Bible, was of minor academic concern from 1865 until approximately forty years ago when the question was raised explicitly about its systematic application to medieval literature at large. A scholarly controversy over patristic exegesis developed and there was a growing number of publications dealing with the critical approaches to medieval literature and especially with the use of the patristic exegetical method for the understanding of specific works. These publications are surveyed in this paper and the method of patrist ic exegesis is illustrated through its application to three medieval poems. The conclusion reached indicates that the patristic exegetical method, though not the exclusive method applicable to medieval l i terature, has become an indispensable critical tool to enlarge our understanding of religious works and uncover significant meanings in works heretofore incompletely or erroneously understood.
Title: THE CONTROVERSY OVER PATRISTIC EXEGESIS: 1865-1975.
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Name(s): LYNCH, ELFRIEDE MARIA.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Greer, Allen W., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 71 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The exegetical method established by the early Christian Church fathers for interpreting the Bible, was of minor academic concern from 1865 until approximately forty years ago when the question was raised explicitly about its systematic application to medieval literature at large. A scholarly controversy over patristic exegesis developed and there was a growing number of publications dealing with the critical approaches to medieval literature and especially with the use of the patristic exegetical method for the understanding of specific works. These publications are surveyed in this paper and the method of patrist ic exegesis is illustrated through its application to three medieval poems. The conclusion reached indicates that the patristic exegetical method, though not the exclusive method applicable to medieval l i terature, has become an indispensable critical tool to enlarge our understanding of religious works and uncover significant meanings in works heretofore incompletely or erroneously understood.
Identifier: 13771 (digitool), FADT13771 (IID), fau:10601 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Literature, Medieval--History and criticism--Theory, etc
Christian literature, Early--History and criticism
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