The Time of Preparation for the Pasch in the Light of Medieval Allegory

In the medieval liturgy, especially in the celebration of the Mass, allegorical interpretation of the texts and gestures played a very meaningful role. Among the most prominent representatives of the allegorical interpretation of the liturgy were: Isidore of Seville, Alcuin, Amalarius of Metz, Rabanus Maurus, Walafrid Strabo, Rupert of Deutz, John Beleth, Pope Innocent III, and William Durand. These ideas were laid out in treatises with the titles Expositiones Missae, Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, or Liber de Divinis Officiis. This study presents the allegorical interpretation of the paschal preparation period, from Septuagesima Sunday to Holy Saturday, and its associated liturgical rites.

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Andrew Fear and Jamie Wood, eds., A Companion to Isidore of Seville. (Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition 87.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020. Pp. xii, 675; 1 color figure and 5 tables. $359. ISBN: 978-9-0043-4784-7. Table of contents available online at https://brill.com/view/title/32879.

Speculum ◽

10.1086/713410 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 494-496

Author(s):

Molly Lester

Keyword(s):

Christian Tradition ◽

Isidore Of Seville ◽

Color Figure

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Benin: Governance, lifelong learning and development

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education ◽

10.1177/1477971421999411 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147797142199941

Author(s):

Idowu Biao

Keyword(s):

Lifelong Learning ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Learning And Development ◽

Thematic Content Analysis ◽

National Education ◽

Know How ◽

Content Analysis Method ◽

Preparation Period ◽

Independence Era ◽

Access To Knowledge

This article analyses and identifies the extent to which the different pre- and post-independence typologies of governance in Benin have facilitated the promotion of lifelong learning as instrument for development. Relying on the thematic content analysis method, the article identifies three themes and three main typologies of governance spanning the independence preparation period and post-independence era. Of the three styles of governance, only the Marxist–Leninist government succeeded in promoting lifelong learning by default. Lifelong learning being one type of learning that promotes the re-engineering of society through the constant dissemination of knowledge, information and know-how and through the constant retooling of the citizenry for purpose of investment of their talents in ever renewable ways, Benin is called upon to prioritise the promotion of lifelong learning soon. Specifically, Benin has been advised to restructure her national educational sector by bringing the whole sector under one Minister of Education with a view to enabling a seamless interaction across all sections of the national education. This restructuring as described in Figure 1 within the article, would facilitate timeous access to knowledge, information and skills that would enable individuals to participate in different sectors of the economy and thereby advance rapid national socio-economic development.

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Poetic License

International Journal of Practical Theology ◽

10.1515/ijpt-2018-0029 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 39-48

Author(s):

Terry A. Veling

Keyword(s):

Practical Theology ◽

Presidential Address ◽

Holy Saturday ◽

Poetic License ◽

International Academy

Abstract This paper is a response to Heather Walton’s 2017 Presidential Address to the International Academy of Practical Theology, “A Theopoetics of Practice – Re-forming in Practical Theology.” It explores a key question raised by Walton: “If we were to construct a way of imagining a theopoetics of practical theology, what would it look like?” The paper critiques systematic and speculative thinking, reflects on Holy Saturday, and offers a poetic reflection on creation and natural love.

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Die messiaanse interpretasie van die psalms in enkele Antiocheense en Oos- Siriese psalmkommentare

In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi ◽

10.4102/ids.v45i2/3.33 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (2/3) ◽

Author(s):

H.F. Van Rooy

Keyword(s):

New Testament ◽

Primary Source ◽

Supplementary Data ◽

Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽

The New Testament ◽

Psalm 110 ◽

History Of ◽

Psalm 22 ◽

Allegorical Interpretation

The messianic interpretation of the psalms in a number of Antiochene and East Syriac psalm commentariesThe Antiochene exegetes interpreted the psalms against the backdrop of the history of Israel. They reconstructed a historical setting for each psalm. They reacted against the allegorical interpretation of the Alexandrian School that frequently interpreted the psalms from the context of the New Testament. This article investigates the messianic interpretation of Psalms 2 and 110, as well as the interpretation of Psalm 22, frequently regarded as messianic in non-Antiochene circles. The interpretation of these psalms in the commentaries of Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia and Išô`dâdh of Merv will be discussed, as well as the commentary of Denha-Gregorius, an abbreviated Syriac version of the commentary of Theodore. The commentaries of Diodore and Theodore on Psalm 110 are not available. The interpretation of this psalm in the Syriac commentary discussed by Vandenhoff and the commentary of Išô`dâdh of Merv, both following Antiochene exegesis, will be used for this psalm. The historical setting of the psalms is used as hermeneutical key for the interpretation of all these psalms. All the detail in a psalm is interpreted against this background, whether messianic or not. Theodore followed Diodore and expanded on him. Denha-Gregorius is an abbreviated version of Theodore, supplemented with data from the Syriac. Išô`dâdh of Merv used Theodore as his primary source, but with the same kind of supplementary data from the Syriac.

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Ælfric's use of etymologies

Anglo-Saxon England ◽

10.1017/s0263675100004002 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 35-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Joyce Hill

Keyword(s):

Biblical Text ◽

Intimate Connection ◽

Isidore Of Seville ◽

Catholic Homilies ◽

Definition Of

Augustine, Jerome, Bede, Gregory, Smaragdus and Haymo, the exegetical authorities acknowledged by Ælfric in the Latin preface to the Catholic Homilies, frequently used etymologies as one of their techniques for penetrating the words of the biblical text in order to arrive at their spiritual essence. To the modern student of language their interpretations often seem arbitrary, even bizarre, but the idea that there was an intimate connection between the signifying name and the person, place or thing signified was well established within the scriptural canon and was extended and confirmed by the cumulative authority of the exegetes themselves. It was Isidore of Seville, in his Etymologies, who provided the most systematic definition of this tradition of etymologizing. As he explained it, it was a method for determining the true essence of the thing designated by the process of penetrating its appellation, since all things and all activities which were named ‘secundum naturam’ (as opposed to those arbitrarily named ‘secundum placitum’) were designated by those words which had etymologies enshrining the very quality or idea so designated. Given this definition, with its underlying philosophical and linguistic assumptions, it is easy to understand why etymologies were exploited in Christian exegesis and teaching. It was accepted that biblical names were in the category ‘secundum naturam’ since they were God-given or at least divinely sanctioned, and the rationale and method of their penetration had the advantage of harmonizing closely with the general interpretative process that was employed.

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