Gildas and the Scriptures : Observing the World Through a Biblical Lens
Overview
Gildas is the earliest insular writer who has left us a substantial legacy of theological writing. He is usually, however, not seen as a theological writer but as an historical source for 'dark age' Britain at the time of the Germanic invasions in the mid-sixth century. Yet the deacon Gildas saw himself as a prophet charged by God to call the rulers and clergy of his society back to being a chosen people of the covenant. The form this call took was that of an indictment of those groups based on the testimonia of the Christian scriptures. This book is a study both of Gildas's use of the scriptures (his text, his canon, his exegetical strategies) and of how, from the way he interprets sacred history, he created a distinctive theology of the church and of salvation.
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- ISBN-13: 9782503534367
- ISBN-10: 2503534368
- Publisher: Brepols Publishers
- Publish Date: January 2013
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
- Page Count: 408
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