Romig, M., ed.; Luscombe, D.E., ed.; Burnett, C., ed., Petrus Abaelardus Opera Theologica V Expositio in Hexameron Abbreviatio Petri Abaelardi Expositionis in Hexameron (Turnhout: Brepols [Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Medievalis 15], 2004). ISBN: 2147483647
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Text name(s): Expositio in Hexameron; Exposition on the Hexameron

Number of pages of primary source text: 150

Medieval Author(s): Abelard, Peter

Dates: 1100 - 1200

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Original Language(s): Latin;

Translation: Original language included.

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Apparatus: Index Bibliography Introduction

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Peter Abelard was a philosopher, teacher, theologian, and logician, and considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages. Today, he is most famous for having a tragic affair with his gifted student, Heloise. In the Middle Ages, he was known for his contributions to scholastic philosophy: his ideas of dialectic provide some of the basis of scholasticism. He was a well-respected teacher at the University of Paris: students flocked to Paris to hear his lectures. Some of his theological ideas about the Trinity were challenged and condemned by the Church. This volume contains an edition of Abelard’s Expositio on the Hexameron (the Greek name for the six days of creation), as well as an abbreviation of this exposition which often circulated separately. Also included are indices of scriptural citations and authors.

Introduction Summary:

The editor’s lengthy (78pp) introduction provides an overview of Abelard’s works and career, as well as the sources and contents of Abelard’s Exposition on the Hexameron. He also provides a thorough description of the manuscripts in which the text survives, and upon which this edition is based.

Cataloger: MCB