Monastic Commentary on Biblical and Ecclesiastical Literature from Late Antiquity to the Twelfth Century
Jean Leclercq
Monastic reading and interpretation are examined in two complementary modes: firstly, the basic practices theories, which pertain throughout medieval period, described; secondly, developments these charted through a survey of different texts that supported monastic exegesis. The history consists above all internalization tropological application biblical patristic literature.
The Mediaeval Journal