Hugh of St. Victor and the Ark of Noah: A New Look
Grover A. Zinn
The treatise De area Noe morali by Hugh of St. Victor (d. 1141) contains a short but significant piece literal exegesis concerning Noah's Ark. This seemingly slight example Victorine is considerable intrinsic merit for in it ventured to criticize an accepted exegetical “authority” and offered its place his own interpretation the passage. It purpose this article examine Hugh's criticism traditional positive contributions through correlation reason, auctoritas , fresh examination sense Genesis VI.
Church History