Beyond Humanism in the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Perspectives from Book Culture Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21538992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Alder (Brigham Young University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 609-634 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/732386 |
| OpenAlex | W4405464386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article takes a book culture studies approach to Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisnero’s interpretation of his Bible’s layout by comparing it to the layouts of other multilingual books from Origen’s Hexapla (ca. 240) down to Brian Walton’s Polyglot Bible of 1652–57. Heretofore, scholars have studied Jiménez de Cisneros’s Bible almost exclusively for the development of humanism in sixteenth-century Spain, but this research strives to understand this Bible within the context of shifting political paradigms during the period that functioned in concert with ongoing developments in European educational philosophies. Archbishop Jiménez de Cisneros’s Bible project took significant measures to wrest the Hebrew word from its originators and asserted Spain’s superiority in competition with other Christian states, but in doing so, it provided a location for Jewish endurance and adaptation as well as fuel for the Protestant Reformation
Art · Humanism · Literature · Polyglot · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |