Le commentaire problématique de Bède sur le premier livre de Samuel
George Hardin Brown
This article presents1 four significant issues for consideration. The first two involve the textual history of work, latter two, its content and purpose. First, how is it that this text, longest commentary on an Old Testament book Bede wrote, remained largely ignored ? answer seems to be chance distribution in Carolingian period. Second, why has text been transmitted so erroneously deteriorated somewhat manuscript tradition, but bad printed versions resulted from serial reprinting a corrupt text. Third, as : did undertake complex with apparently contradictory narrative overlooked problem order present allegorical exegesis. Fourth, since chapter eight I Samuel deals explicitly problems kingship, II not use criticize Anglo-Saxon monarchy his era While addressing moral among clergy people, commentaries generally avoided contemporary political problems.
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