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  • From: "l. j. swain" <x99swain AT wmich.edu>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Paul's Interpreters
  • Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 01:01:49 -0500




"Peter M. Head" wrote:
>
> "If Lyra had not played (his Lyre?), Luther would not have danced".
>
> Edgar Krentz wrote:
>
> >
> >I am surprised that you cite no interpreter between Augustine and the
> >Reformation. Did the Victorines, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Lyra have
> >nothing to contribute? When did the shift to the literal sense begin.
> >
> >Si Lyra non lyrasset,
> >Lutherus non saltassat.
>
> Interesting, challenging, and helpful.
> Which Victorines do you mean? ODCC names William of Champeaux, Adam, Hugh,
> Richard, and Walter of St. Victor. But which are the Pauline scholars?
> On Aquinas I was proposing to take a look at Aquinas' commentary on
> Galatians for the course. Is there something else that is important?
> Nicholas of Lyre (ODCC again) is new to me. But that looks like my loss
> (over 100 editions of his commentaries between 1471 and 1600!!) and
> Luther's gain.

Nicholas was quite an important commentator. Medieval Institute
Publications has his translated and published his Apocalypse commentary,
and they also have a medieval commentary on II Thessalonians in
progress, though I don't recall whose. But I can find that out tomorrow
if you're interested. I would also check Eerdman's which may have a
series in progress on the "history of exegesis". But I don't think
anything is out yet. But this doesn't address your immediate need.
There are of course two basics that must be kept in mind when dealing
with medieval exegesis. The first is that they were interested in
synthesis, gathering bits and pieces from ALL previous commentators and
placing this alongside the text. Such is the Glossa Ordinaria, with
plenty of additional spins in places. The other of course is continuing
commentary. I suggest that you get in touch with Steve Cartwright at
steve0324 AT earthlink.net, in the History Dept. at Western Michigan
University, who is one of the editors of the II Thessalonians volume I
mentioned, and is also interested in Romans, specifically William of St.
Thierry and Abelard on Romans. He may be able to assist.



> This is new territory for me (hence the lectures, hence tapping in to the
> help of the list). I can't imagine that I'll get much time on them. Is that
> Protestant bias? Would they get more space in Catholic settings?
>

Or at least more in medieval settings ;).

There is also a group of folks who regularly present papers on Nicholas
of Lyra at the Medieval Congress every year, I shall try and put you in
contact with some of them if you're interested.

Larry Swain




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