Reading the Bible in the Middle Ages by Jinty Nelson, Damien ... - 9781350036284

Reading the Bible in the Middle AgesAuthor(s): Jinty Nelson, Damien Kempf\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350036284, 978-1350036284\nSynopsis\nFor earlier medieval Christians, the Bible was the book of guidance above all others, and the route to religious knowledge, used for all kinds of practical purposes, from divination to models of government in kingdom or household. This books focus is on how medieval people accessed Scripture by reading, but also by hearing and memorizing sound-bites from the liturgy, chants and hymns, or sermons explicating Scripture in various vernaculars. Time, place and social class determined access to these varied forms of Scripture. Throughout the earlier medieval period, the Psalms attracted most readers and searchers for meanings.\n\nThis books contributors probe readers motivations, intellectual resources and religious concerns. They ask for whom the readers wrote, wh.