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<br> Father Bellamah continues the work of greats like Beryl Smalley and Gilbert Dahan, helping to bring into fuller view the world of thirteenth-century university biblical scholarship. He is a learned, able presenter of that world. Thanks to him, William of Alton, O.P. comes out from behind half-drawn curtains onto the proscenium, where we get to hear him speak his own lines, with his own inflection. We will want more. --Mark F. Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University <br><p><br> This book about the study of the Bible at Paris University in the Age of Aquinas is a major advance in a the history of exegesis, in the tradition of Beryl Smalley. Bellamah reveals the mind of an independent and critical medieval scholar, and draws interesting comparisons with modern 'aesthetic theology.' --David d'Avray, Professor of History, University College London<p><br> This book contributes to the development of learning on several fronts. We learn about the medieval university, about the study of Sacred Scripture within it, and about the intellectual environment that shaped the thought of Thomas Aquinas. The author exhibits a remarkable erudition. His carefully documented study of a thirteenth-century scripture scholar persuades the reader to appreciate a form of critical biblical exegesis that some modern commentators ignore. --Romanus Cessario, O.P., Professor of Systematic Theology, St John's Seminary <br><br><p><br>

Father Bellamah continues the work of greats like Beryl Smalley and Gilbert Dahan, helping to bring into fuller view the world of thirteenth-century university biblical scholarship. He is a learned, able presenter of that world. Thanks to him, William of Alton, O.P. comes out from behind half-drawn curtains onto the proscenium, where we get to hear him speak his own lines, with his own inflection. We will want more. --Mark F. Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University This book about the study of the Bible at Paris University in the Age of Aquinas is a major advance in a the history of exegesis, in the tradition of Beryl Smalley. Bellamah reveals the mind of an independent and critical medieval scholar, and draws interesting comparisons with modern 'aesthetic theology.' --David d'Avray, Professor of History, University College London This book contributes to the development of learning on several fronts. We learn about the medieval university, about the study of Sacred Scripture within it, and about the intellectual environment that shaped the thought of Thomas Aquinas. The author exhibits a remarkable erudition. His carefully documented study of a thirteenth-century scripture scholar persuades the reader to appreciate a form of critical biblical exegesis that some modern commentators ignore. --Romanus Cessario, O.P., Professor of Systematic Theology, St John's Seminary

An ambition book... It reveals an author with an impressive grasp of his field. * The Thomist *

<br> Father Bellamah continues the work of greats like Beryl Smalley and Gilbert Dahan, helping to bring into fuller view the world of thirteenth-century university biblical scholarship. He is a learned, able presenter of that world. Thanks to him, William of Alton, O.P. comes out from behind half-drawn curtains onto the proscenium, where we get to hear him speak his own lines, with his own inflection. We will want more. --Mark F. Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University <br><p><br> This book about the study of the Bible at Paris University in the Age of Aquinas is a major advance in a the history of exegesis, in the tradition of Beryl Smalley. Bellamah reveals the mind of an independent and critical medieval scholar, and draws interesting comparisons with modern 'aesthetic theology.' --David d'Avray, Professor of History, University College London<p><br> This book contributes to the development of learning on several fronts. We learn about the medieval university

[A]n ambition book... It reveals an author with an impressive grasp of his field. --The Thomist Father Bellamah continues the work of greats like Beryl Smalley and Gilbert Dahan, helping to bring into fuller view the world of thirteenth-century university biblical scholarship. He is a learned, able presenter of that world. Thanks to him, William of Alton, O.P. comes out from behind half-drawn curtains onto the proscenium, where we get to hear him speak his own lines, with his own inflection. We will want more. --Mark F. Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University This book about the study of the Bible at Paris University in the Age of Aquinas is a major advance in a the history of exegesis, in the tradition of Beryl Smalley. Bellamah reveals the mind of an independent and critical medieval scholar, and draws interesting comparisons with modern 'aesthetic theology.' --David d'Avray, Professor of History, University College London This book contributes to the development of learning on several fronts. We learn about the medieval university, about the study of Sacred Scripture within it, and about the intellectual environment that shaped the thought of Thomas Aquinas. The author exhibits a remarkable erudition. His carefully documented study of a thirteenth-century scripture scholar persuades the reader to appreciate a form of critical biblical exegesis that some modern commentators ignore. --Romanus Cessario, O.P., Professor of Systematic Theology, St John's Seminary

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A native of Washington, D.C., Timothy Bellamah teaches systematic and historical theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., and is a member of the Leonine Commission, editors of the works of Thomas Aquinas. He is also the editor of the speculate review, The Thomist.

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