Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Greer, Allen W.

Abstract

The exegetical method established by the early Christian Church fathers for interpreting the Bible, was of minor academic concern from 1865 until approximately forty years ago when the question was raised explicitly about its systematic application to medieval literature at large. A scholarly controversy over patristic exegesis developed and there was a growing number of publications dealing with the critical approaches to medieval literature and especially with the use of the patristic exegetical method for the understanding of specific works. These publications are surveyed in this paper and the method of patrist ic exegesis is illustrated through its application to three medieval poems. The conclusion reached indicates that the patristic exegetical method, though not the exclusive method applicable to medieval l i terature, has become an indispensable critical tool to enlarge our understanding of religious works and uncover significant meanings in works heretofore incompletely or erroneously understood.

Extent

71 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13771

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