TY - JOUR
T1 - New interest in Peter Lombard
T2 - The current state of research and some desiderata for the future
AU - Rosemann, Philipp W.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - After the publication of Marcia Colish's Peter Lombard in 1994, studies on the author of the Book of Sentences have entered a new phase. This article provides an assessment of the state of research in the field and makes suggestions for its further development. In an appreciation and critique of Marcia Colish's contribution, it argues that Colish's interpretation, for all its merit, errs on a number of points: the proofs of God's existence, charity, and the structure of theological ethics are important examples. The second part of the essay considers the potential of research on the tradition of commentaries upon the Sentences. Given the central place that this genre of theological writing occupied in Christian thought between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, the Sentences commentaries could serve as a window upon the tradition. It is suggested that study of the literary form of the commentaries will shed much light on changes in the conception of theology which occurred in the period under consideration.
AB - After the publication of Marcia Colish's Peter Lombard in 1994, studies on the author of the Book of Sentences have entered a new phase. This article provides an assessment of the state of research in the field and makes suggestions for its further development. In an appreciation and critique of Marcia Colish's contribution, it argues that Colish's interpretation, for all its merit, errs on a number of points: the proofs of God's existence, charity, and the structure of theological ethics are important examples. The second part of the essay considers the potential of research on the tradition of commentaries upon the Sentences. Given the central place that this genre of theological writing occupied in Christian thought between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, the Sentences commentaries could serve as a window upon the tradition. It is suggested that study of the literary form of the commentaries will shed much light on changes in the conception of theology which occurred in the period under consideration.
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U2 - 10.2143/RTPM.72.1.583229
DO - 10.2143/RTPM.72.1.583229
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61249564826
SN - 1370-7493
VL - 72
SP - 133
EP - 152
JO - Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales
JF - Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales
IS - 1
ER -