Illuminating Moses: A History of Reception from Exodus to the Renaissance
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In "Illuminating Moses: A History of Reception", readers discover the roles of Moses from the Exodus to the Renaissance - law-giver, prophet, writer - and their impact on Jewish and Christian cultures as seen in the Hebrew Bible, Patristic writings, Catholic liturgy, Jewish philosophy and midrashim, Anglo-Saxon literature, Scholastics and Thomas Aquinas, Middle English literature, and the Renaissance. Acknowledgements vii List of Abbreviations xi List of Contributors xv Introduction: Illuminating Moses from Exodus to the Renaissance / Jane Beal 1 The Roles of Moses in the Pentateuch / Robert D. Miller II 19 Moses in the Prophets and the Writings of the Hebrew Bible / Tawny Holm 37 Moses: A Central Figure in the New Testament / Larry J. Swain 59 Moses and the Church Fathers / Christopher A. Hall 81 Moses and the Paschal Liturgy / Luciana Cuppo-Csaki 103 The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Philosophy / Howard Kreisel 117 Epic and Romance, Narrative and Exegesis: Moses in the Minor Midrashim / Rachel S. Mikva 143 "The Destiny of All Men": Rabbinic and Medieval Justifications for the Death of Moses / Devorah Schoenfeld 167 'Legifer, Dux, Scriptor': Moses in Anglo-Saxon Literature / Gernot Wieland 185 The Biblical-Moral Moses: Type or Stereotype? / Deborah L. Goodwin 211 'Primus doctor Iudaeorum': Moses as Theological Master in the "Summa theologiae" of Thomas Aquinas / Franklin T. Harkins 237 "Like a Duck from a Falcon": Moses in Middle English Biblical Literature, the Mystery Cycles, and "Piers Plowman B" / Gail Ivy Berlin 263 Moses and Christian Contemplative Devotion / Jane Beal 305 "Types and Shadows": Uses of Moses in the Renaissance / Brett Foster 353 Bibliography 407 Index 431
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