Houghton H.A.G. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Latin Bible

Oxford University Press, 2023. — 560 p. — (Oxford Handbooks). — ISBN: 978-0190886097.The Latin Bible stands at the heart of Western culture. For almost fifteen hundred years, it was the principal source for scholars, philosophers, and theologians to reflect on the ideas and narratives which shaped society in Europe and beyond. It continues to feature in Christian liturgy, music, and art, and has influenced both Latin and vernacular language and literature. Manuscripts of the Latin Bible showcase the artistic and technical achievements of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and it was the first book to be produced with Gutenberg's printing press. Biblical interpretation played a central role in education, from sermons in antiquity to medieval schools and the development of the university.
The Oxford Handbook of the Latin Bible contains thirty-one chapters covering the history of the Latin Bible from its earliest translations (the Vetus Latina), the revisions by Jerome and others leading to the Vulgate, the achievements and innovations of the Carolingian period and Middle Ages, the development of modern scholarship, and the twentieth-century innovation of the Nova Vulgata. It includes discussions of key figures and interpreters, the most important manuscripts, and the significance of the Latin Bible in multiple fields.
The international team of contributors includes many of the world's leading authorities, along with representatives of a new generation of researchers developing new approaches and insights into this rich and diverse material. Each chapter introduces the current state of scholarship, with extensive references to key literature and electronic resources. This volume provides a unique overview of one of the world's most important books.* The first English book to provide a thorough treatment of the whole history of the Latin Bible, written by world-leading experts.
* An accessible yet detailed introduction to the state of scholarship.
* Up-to-date bibliography and references to digital resources.
* Extensive indices and an introduction to technical terms.List of Figures
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List of Contributors
Books of the Latin Bible
Introduction (H. A. G. Houghton)
The Earliest Latin Translations of the Bible / H. A. G. Houghton
The Latin Bible and the Septuagint / José Manuel Cañas Reíllo
Jerome and the Vulgate Gospels / Christina M. Kreinecker
Jerome and the Hebrew Scriptures / Adam Kamesar
The Latin Psalter / Oliver Norris
The Vulgate New Testament outside the Gospels / Anna Persig
Deuterocanonical Books in Latin Tradition / Edmon L. Gallagher
Early Latin Biblical Manuscripts / David Ganz
The Use of the Latin Bible in the Early Church / Paul Mattei
The Bible in Insular Tradition / Martin McNamara
Latin in Multilingual Biblical Manuscripts / H. A. G. Houghton
The Bible in the Carolingian Age / Shari Boodts
The Production of Medieval Bibles / Guy Lobrichon
Glossed Bibles / Alexander Andrée
The Latin Gospel Harmony Tradition / Ulrich B. Schmid
Paris Bibles and Scholarship / Gilbert Dahan
Exegesis of the Latin Bible in the Middle Ages / Gilbert Dahan
The Latin Bible in the Renaissance and Early Print Culture / Paul Needham
The Council of Trent and the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate / Antonio Gerace
Latin Biblical Scholarship in the Humanist Period / Wim François
Protestant Latin Bibles / Annie Noblesse-Rocher
The Latin Bible and Jewish Tradition / Gilbert Dahan
Modern Scholarship on the Latin Bible / Thomas Johann Bauer
The Vetus Latina Institute / Thomas Johann Bauer
The Nova Vulgata / Kevin Zilverberg
Vernacular Translations of the Latin Bible / Oliver Dy and Wim François
Latin Tradition and the Greek New Testament / J. K. Elliott
Latin Bibles as Linguistic Documents / Peter Stotz
The Latin Bible and Liturgy / Ashley Beck
Musical Settings of Latin Biblical Texts / Siobhán Dowling Long
Latin Bibles: Materiality and Art History / Michelle P. Brown
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Subjects