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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Chana, it occurs to me that the Discalced Carmelite friars at Stella Maris monastery on Mount Carmel may have the bibliography which I mentioned if they subscribe to *Carmelus*. -- Paul On 17 June 2017 at 10:47, Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Chana, as always I would suggest checking the relevant article(s) in the > French mega-encyclopedias of the 20th century: Dictionnaire de théologie > catholique, Dictionnaire de spiritualité, Dictionnaire d'archéologie > chrétienne et de liturgie, Dictionnaire de la Bible, Dictionnaire > d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. There are sometimes > monograph-length articles of ambitious scope with much historical detail > and many references. These works are mostly online. > > As pointed out, the Carmelite Order has felt a connection to Elijah. The > excellent Bibliographia Carmelitana Annualis has a section on Elijah and > would have caught much of the literature on him in European languages since > 1953. Unfortunately there's no online form of it and it's not common in > libraries (in the second number of the journal Carmelus each year). > > Two of the more interesting resources are: > Élie le prophète. (Études carmélitaines). Bruges and Paris: Desclée de > Brouwer, 1955; > Élie le prophète: Bible, tradition, iconographie. Edited by Gérard > Willems. Colloque des 10 et 11 > novembre 1985. Bruxelles: Institutum Judaicum, 1988. > > Also worth a look is: > Le saint Prophète Élie d’après les Pères de l’Église. (Collection > Spiritualité Orientale. Série Monachisme Primitif, 53). > Bégrolles-en-Mauges: Abbaye de Bellefontaine, 1992 [an anthology of 700+ > p.]; and maybe > Andrew Jotischky, The Carmelites and Antiquity: Mendicants and Their > Pasts in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. > > For ways of tracking down themes in medieval literature Kaske is very > useful: > R.E. Kaske, Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to > Interpretation. (Toronto Medieval Bibliographies.) Toronto: Toronto > University Press, 1988. > > In terms of a "compilation of exegesis that would have been familiar to > the widest circles" you could try the Catena aurea of Thomas Aquinas and > search the NT texts which mention Elijah and/or John the Baptist. > > If you get in touch offlist (see my email below) I can send you a longer > bibliography. -- Paul > > On 13 June 2017 at 18:29, Bill Schipper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> Chana, >> >> >> >> The best place to start is the 11 volume *Repertorium Biblicum Medii >> Aevi*, by Stegmuller. It lists most medieval commentaries on the books >> of the bible, has indexes, lists manuscripts (not complete), and editions. >> Plus, most usefully, he gives opening and closing words, not just in a few >> phrases, but in full sentences, which makes it much easier to identify. >> >> >> >> The *Repertorium* is available online via the University of Regensburg ( >> www.repbib.uni-trier.de/). Useful, even though it is my understanding >> that it isnot being expanded. >> >> >> >> There is also Baruch and Lemaire’s *Book of Kings: Sources, Composition, >> Historiography and Reception*, Vetus Testamentum Supplementa, 129 >> (Leiden: Brill, 2010), and particularly Part VI (Reception in Judaism and >> Christianity). [I haven’t looked at this book). >> >> >> >> Bill Schipper >> >> >> >> *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious >> culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Chana >> Shacham-Rosby >> *Sent:* June 13, 2017 7:17 PM >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* [M-R] biblical commentary of the high middle ages >> >> >> >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> I would greatly appreciate some help finding commentaries on the Bible >> that were compiled and/or popular during the high middle ages in Western >> Europe. >> >> >> >> The focus of my research is Elijah the Prophet and I want to see what was >> written about him on the basis of his activity in Kings and his connection >> to John the Baptist. >> >> So far in me research, I have found two kinds of discussions. The first >> is the biblical commentary of the church fathers, and the second is the >> modern biblical scholarship focusing on the first centuries AD. >> >> These materials have been very helpful, but not enough to understand how >> Elijah was viewed in 12-15th century western Europe. >> >> Can anyone point me to a so-called "golden standard" of medieval biblical >> commentary? A compilation of exegesis that would have been familiar to the >> widest circles of the population (to varying degrees, of course)? >> >> >> >> Thank you very much, >> >> Chana >> >> >> *Chana Shacham-Rosby* >> >> PhD Candidate >> >> Department of Jewish History >> >> Ben Gurion University of the Negev >> >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it >> to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the >> message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In >> order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] For further information, visit >> our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it >> to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the >> message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In >> order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] For further information, visit >> our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > > > > > -- > Paul Chandler, O.Carm. > Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 > | Australia > office: (07) 3267 4804 | mobile: 044 882 4996 > [log in to unmask] > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. 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