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In Reading Matthew with Monks, Derek Olsen seeks to evaluate whether early medieval monastic biblical interpreters can serve as effective conversation partners for modern readers who are committed to broadening their reading of Scripture. Olsen puts the interpretations of four modern Scripture commentaries in conversation with Ælfric of Eynsham's medieval monastic interpretations of four texts from the Gospel of Matthew. In so doing, he clarifies early medieval interpretive contexts and assesses their usefulness in modern scholarship. As outsiders in modern critical debates, Ælfric and his sources may provide alternative approaches or perspectives that open interpretive possibilities where modern interpreters are locked in disagreement. Early medieval monastic interpreters can serve as excellent guides for understanding the potential for moral, spiritual, or formative meanings of a biblical text. They can help modern readers who are attempting to conform their lives to the biblical text.
Contents
Contents
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: How Monastic Living Shaped Reading 27
Chapter 2: How Monastic Praying Shaped Reading 75
Chapter 3: The Temptation and the Beatitudes 119
Chapter 4: Two Healings and the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Maidens 181
Conclusion: Bringing Early Medieval Voices into the Conversation 239
Bibliography 247
Index of Names and Topics 255
Index of Liturgical Forms and Homilies 258
Index of Scripture References 260
