OLD LAW AND NEW-FOUND POWER: HRABANUS MAURUS AND THE OLD TESTAMENT
Michiel de Jong
In 1980, a conference was devoted to 'Hrabanus Maurus, Teacher, Abbot and Bishop'. Hrabanus certainly fulfilled all three roles. Within the sphere of divine law, Old Testament held pride place, for it provided law in sense rules prescriptions, above represented old law. Hrabanus' life work show what an extent learning indeed meant power Carolingian age. predilection as well his fear novitates stemmed from fact that he considered Scripture be The came up with Jewish spokesman is not surprising, acutely conscious origin Scripture. scholarship, thus ran parallel mutually reinforcing course. no astute theologian, but scholar interpreter Keywords: law; Maurus;
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