Benedict's Rule
a translation and commentary
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Author
Contributions
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn, Minnesota
Language
English
Word Count
160,250 words, Guess
Page Count
641 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL808037M
- ISBN-100814623255
- OCLC Control Number33405348
- OCLC Control Numberbenedictsruletra0000kard
- Library of Congress Control Number95044759
and 2 more
- Goodreads580225
- LibraryThing9553785
Classifications
- DDC255/.106
- LCCBX3004.Z5 K34 1996
Description
Through the ages many commentaries have been written on the Rule of Benedict. Usually these books were the practical reflections of a busy abbot, and they tended to concentrate on a few favorite chapters and verses of the Rule. Now, however, scholars are applying literary and historical criticism to studies of the Rule with impressive results. For the past fifteen years, Fr. Terrence Kardong, O.S.B., has written monographs on important parts of the Rule. Now in Benedict's Rule he has completed a line-by-line exegesis of the entire Rule - the first such in the English language. This commentary is based on a new translation, and it is accompanied by essays on Benedict's spiritual doctrine. The Latin texts of the Rule, as published in RB 1980 (The Liturgical Press, 1981), are included. The book also has a massive bibliography of current scholarship on the Rule.
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