A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (497 pages)
- Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series ; v.73 .
- Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series .
Intro -- A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Diagrams -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Exegetical and Theological Perspectives -- 1 Job in the Ancient Versions and the Pseudepigrapha -- 2 Job in Patristic Commentaries and Theological Works -- 3 Job's Sin in the Moralia of Gregory the Great -- 4 Job in the Glossa Ordinaria on the Bible -- 5 From the Fiery Heaven to the Fire of Hell: Job in the Sentences Commentaries of Albert the Great, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas -- 6 Christ and the Eternal Extent of Divine Providence in the Expositio super Iob ad litteram of Thomas Aquinas -- 7 A Passionate Dispute Over Divine Providence: Albert the Great's Commentary on the Book of Job -- 8 Nicholas of Lyra's Literal Commentary on Job -- 9 Job in the German Reformation -- Part 2: Vernacular and Popular Perspectives -- 10 Look upon My Affliction (Job 10:15): The Depiction of Job in the Western Middle Ages -- 11 The Book of Job in Latin Biblical Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- 12 The Book of Job and the Figure of Job in Old English Literature -- 13 Patience on Pilgrimage: Job in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -- 14 Job and the Wycliffites -- Bibliography -- Index.
A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages provides a thorough introduction to the wide range of interpretations of Job produced in the medieval Christian West, from those in exegetical and theological works to those in poetry and art.