Alastair J Minnis
Biographic Data
| ID | 9150431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alastair J Minnis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alastair J |
| FAMILY NAME | Minnis |
| SIGNATURE | MINNIS A J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Medieval Commentary and Exegesis
Interpreting Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
This comparative study traces Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural interpretation from antiquity to modernity, with special emphasis on the pivotal medieval period. It focuses on three areas: responses in the different faith traditions to tensions created by the need to transplant scriptures into new cultural and linguistic contexts; changing conceptions of the literal sense and its importance vis-à-vis non-literal senses, such as the figurat…
Magister Amoris
The Roman de la Rose by Jean de Meun was a major bestseller, largely due to its robust treatment of ‘natural’ sexuality. This book concentrates on the ways in which de Meun, in imitation of Ovid, assumed the mock-magisterium (or mastership) of love. From Latin texts and literary theory, de Meun derived many hermeneutic rationales and generic categorisations, without allowing any one to dominate. The book considers allegorical versus literalistic …
Magister Amoris
The Roman de la Rose by Jean de Meun was a major bestseller, largely due to its robust treatment of ‘natural’ sexuality. This book concentrates on the ways in which de Meun, in imitation of Ovid, assumed the mock-magisterium (or mastership) of love. From Latin texts and literary theory, de Meun derived many hermeneutic rationales and generic categorisations, without allowing any one to dominate. The book considers allegorical versus literalistic …
Magister Amoris
The Roman de la Rose by Jean de Meun was a major bestseller, largely due to its robust treatment of ‘natural’ sexuality. This book concentrates on the ways in which de Meun, in imitation of Ovid, assumed the mock-magisterium (or mastership) of love. From Latin texts and literary theory, de Meun derived many hermeneutic rationales and generic categorisations, without allowing any one to dominate. The book considers allegorical versus literalistic …
Interpreting Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
This comparative study traces Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural interpretation from antiquity to modernity, with special emphasis on the pivotal medieval period. It focuses on three areas: responses in the different faith traditions to tensions created by the need to transplant scriptures into new cultural and linguistic contexts; changing conceptions of the literal sense and its importance vis-à-vis non-literal senses, such as the figurat…
Medieval Commentary and Exegesis
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Vernacular (2 works) · Abrahamic religions (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Christianity (1 work)