The Harmonious Organ of Sedulius Scottus (eBook)

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Michael C. Sloan, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Abbreviations 9
Tables 11
I. Introduction 13
1 General Introduction 13
1.1 Aims 13
1.2 Biography 15
2 Historical Context and Genre of Sedulius’ Collectaneum 18
2.1 Historical Context 18
2.2 Title and Genre 20
3 The Pedagogical Function of the Collectaneum 23
3.1 Servius 23
3.2 Sedulius and Codex “(B)” 24
3.3 The Seven Types of Circumstance 25
3.4 Pedagogical Content 45
4 Latinity 52
4.1 Sedulius and Other Carolingian Pauline Commentators 52
4.2 Hiberno-Latin Content and Diction 54
4.3 Formatting 60
4.4 Linguistic Style 68
5 Theological and Ecclesiastical Issues 75
5.1 Baptism 75
5.2 Jewish-Christian Relations 78
5.3 The Trinity and the Divinity of Christ 82
6 Studies in Reception 86
6.1 Sources 86
6.2 Introduction to the Reception of Jerome, Augustine, and Pelagius 89
6.3 Reception of Jerome 91
6.4 Reception of Augustine 103
6.5 Reception of Pelagius within the Commentaries 121
6.6 The Augustine and Pelagius Dynamic within the Commentaries 124
6.7 Ambrose, Ambrosiaster, and Theodore of Mopsuestia 142
II. Translations 146
1 Intentions and Challenges of the Translations 146
2 Biblical Text 146
3 The Manuscripts, Text, and Formatting 148
4 Text and Translations 151
Prologue 153
INCIPIT IN EPISTOLAM AD GALATAS 164
On the Letter to the Galatians 165
IN EPISTOLAM AD EFESIOS 200
On the Letter to the Ephesians 201
III. Conclusion 244
Appendix 247
Bibliography 251
Greek and Latin Texts 251
English Translations 251
Secondary Literature 252
Index 259