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Peter Lombard is best known as the author of a celebrated work
entitled Book of Sentences, which for several centuries served as
the standard theological textbook in the Christian West. It was the
subject of more commentaries than any other work of Christian
literature besides the Bible itself. The Book of Sentences is
essentially a compilation of older sources, from the Scriptures and
Augustine down to several of the Lombard's contemporaries, such as
Hugh of Saint Victor and Peter Abelard. Its importance lies in the
Lombard's organisation of the theological material, his method of
presentation, and the way in which he shaped doctrine in several
major areas. Despite his importance, however, there is no
accessible introduction to Peter Lombard's life and thought
available in any modern language. This volume fills this
considerable gap. Philipp W. Rosemann begins by demonstrating how
the Book of Sentences grew out of a long tradition of Christian
reflection-a tradition, ultimately rooted in Scripture, which by
the twelfth century had become ready to transform itself into a
theological system. Turning to the Sentences , Rosemann then offers
a brief exposition of the Lombard's life and work. He proceeds to a
book-by-book examination and interpretation of its main topics,
including the nature and attributes of God, the Trinity, creation,
angelology, human nature and the Fall, original sin, Christology,
ethics, and the sacraments. He concludes by exploring how the
Sentences helped shape the further development of the Christian
tradition, from the twelfth century through the time of Martin
Luther.
Peter Lombard is best known as the author of a celebrated work
entitled Book of Sentences, which for several centuries served as
the standard theological textbook in the Christian West. It was the
subject of more commentaries than any other work of Christian
literature besides the Bible itself. The Book of Sentences is
essentially a compilation of older sources, from the Scriptures and
Augustine down to several of the Lombard's contemporaries, such as
Hugh of Saint Victor and Peter Abelard. Its importance lies in the
Lombard's organization of the theological material, his method of
presentation, and the way in which he shaped doctrine in several
major areas. Despite his importance, however, there is no
accessible introduction to Peter Lombard's life and thought
available in any modern language. This volume fills this
considerable gap. Philipp W. Rosemann begins by demonstrating how
the Book of Sentences grew out of a long tradition of Christian
reflection-a tradition, ultimately rooted in Scripture, which by
the twelfth century had become ready to transform itself into a
theological system. Turning to the Sentences, Rosemann then offers
a brief exposition of the Lombard's life and work. He proceeds to a
book-by-book examination and interpretation of its main topics,
including the nature and attributes of God, the Trinity, creation,
angelology, human nature and the Fall, original sin, Christology,
ethics, and the sacraments. He concludes by exploring how the
Sentences helped shape the further development of the Christian
tradition, from the twelfth century through the time of Martin
Luther.
Peter Lombard, a twelfth-century theologian, authored one of the
first Western textbooks of theology, the "Book of Sentences." Here,
Lombard logically arranged all of the major topics of the Christian
faith. His "Book of Sentences" received the largest number of
commentaries among all works of Christian literature except for
Scripture itself. Now, notable Lombard scholar Philipp W. Rosemann
examines this text as a guiding thread to studying Christian
thought throughout the later Middle Ages and into early modern
times.
This is the second title in a new UTP Higher Education series
called Rethinking the Middle Ages, which is committed to
re-examining the Middle Ages, its themes, institutions, people, and
events with short studies that will provoke discussion among
students and medievalists, and invite them to think about the
middle ages in new and unusual ways. The editors, Paul Edward
Dutton and John Shinners, invite suggestions and submissions.
Academics please note that this is a title classified as having
a restricted allocation of complimentary copies. Restricted titles
remain available to adopters and to academics very likely to adopt
in the coming semester. When adoption possibilities are less strong
and/or further in the future, academics are requested to purchase
the title, with the proviso that UTP Higher Education will happily
refund the purchase price if the book is indeed adopted.
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