Reading Sacred Scripture with Thomas Aquinas: Hermeneutical Tools, Theological Questions and New Perspectives (Textes et Etudes du Moyen Âge) (Textes Et Etudes Du Moyen Age)

Thomas Aquinas is still most widely known for his works in systematic theology (Summa theologiae) and as a commentator of Aristotle. Recent decades, however, have seen a revived interest in Aquinas as a biblical scholar. The essays gathered in this volume explore the richness of his biblical commentaries by analyzing the hermeneutical tools employed in his reading of Scripture and investigating the contemporary relevance of his biblical exegesis. Its goal is to familiarize the contemporary reader with an indispensable dimension of his scholarly activity: as a master in Sacred Scripture (magister in sacra pagina) Aquinas taught theology as a form of speculative reading of the revealed Word of God and hence the reading of the various books of the Bible constituted the axis of his scriptural didactics. Altogether, the nineteen contributions in the volume offers an up-to-date analysis of Aquinas’s contribution to medieval biblical exegesis and points to ways in which it can enrich contemporary debates on the relation between exegesis and systematic theology. Front Matter ("Table of Contents", "Towards a 'Biblical Thomism': Introduction"), p. i Free Access Part 1: Hermeneutical Tools What You Can Do with Linguistically Annotated Data. From the Index Thomisticus to the Index Thomisticus Treebank, p. 3 Marco Passarotti https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000129 Thomas Aquinas: Exegesis and Hermeneutics, p. 45 Gilbert Dahan https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000130 Thomas Aquinas as Interpreter of Scripture in Light of his Inauguration Lectures, p. 71 Elisabeth Reinhardt https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000131 Participation and the Meaning of Scripture, p. 91 Jeremy Holmes https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000132 The Place and Function of Biblical Citations in Thomas Aquinas's Exegesis, p. 115 Piotr Roszak https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000133 Intention, probabiles rationes and Truth: The Exegetical Practice in Thomas Aquinas. The Case of the Expositio super Iob ad litteram, p. 141 Mauricio Narváez https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000134 Mind-space. Towards an "Environ-mental Method" in the Exegesis of the Middle Ages, p. 171 Margherita Maria Rossi https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000135 Metaphor, Between Necessitas and Delectatio, p. 199 Olivier-Thomas Venard https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000136 The Interpretation of a Contemplative: Thomas' Commentary Super Iohannem, p. 229 Timothy F. Bellamah https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000137 The Presence of the Church Fathers in Aquinas' Commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John, p. 257 Leo Elders https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000138 Aristotle in Aquinas's Biblical Commentaries, p. 287 Jörgen Vijgen https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000139 Part 2: Theological Questions and New Perspectives The Old Testament in Aquinas's Moral Theology, p. 349 Matthew Levering https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000140 The Elevation of Human Knowledge According to the Biblical Commentaries of Thomas Aquinas, p. 375 Enrique Martínez https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000141 An Emerging Theology Between Scripture and Metaphysics: Bonaventure, Aquinas and the Scriptural Foundation of Medieval Theology, p. 415 Robert J. Woźniak https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000142 Virtue Epistemology and Aquinas's Biblical Commentary on the Corpus Paulinum, p. 435 Mirosław Mróz https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000143 Philosophy and Sacred Text: Mutual Hermeneutical Help. The Case of Ex 3:14, p. 457 Lluís Clavell https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000144 In the Beginning: Reading Genesis with Thomas Aquinas & Benedict XVI, p. 481 Matthew Ramage https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000145 Exegesis and Christology in Thomas Aquinas, p. 507 Daniel Keating https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000146 The Principle(s) of Ecclesial Nature. The Church in the Ephesians Commentary of St. Thomas Aquinas, p. 531 Christopher Baglow https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.4.000147 Back Matter ("Bibliography", "Indices"), p. 555