Innovation and tradition in the writings of the Venerable Bede

Innovation and tradition in the writings of the Venerable Bede [electronic resource] / edited by Scott DeGregorio. - 1st ed. - Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2006. - xii, 287 p. - Medieval European studies ; v. 7 . - Medieval European studies ; 7. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-280) and index.

Introduction : the new Bede / Who did Bede think he was? / Bede and the ordering of understanding / Si naturam quaeras : reframing Bede's "Science" / The responsibility of auctoritas : method and meaning in Bede's commentary on Genesis / Bede's neglected commentary on Samuel / Footsteps of his own : Bede's commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah / Christ as incarnate wisdom in Bede's commentary on the Song of songs / Bede's originality in his use of the Book of wisdom in his Homilies on the gospels / Bede's history in a harsher climate / Carolingian perspectives on the authority of Bede / Scott DeGregorio -- Roger Ray -- Alan Thacker -- Faith Wallis -- Calvin B. Kendall -- George Hardin Brown -- Scott DeGregorio -- Arthur G. Holder -- Lawrence T. Martin -- Walter Goffart -- Joyce Hill.


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Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.


Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.


Northumbria (England : Region)--Church history.


Electronic books.

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