Medieval Latin Literature - Literary Criticism, Cosmology

The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris

Name: The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris
Author: Winthrop Wetherbee
ISBN: 9780231096256

by Winthrop Wetherbee (Translator), Bernard

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Overview

Several studies on the often turbulent relationship between the Christians and the Jews. The first, by Professor Hyam Maccoby, is a historical-theological overview of Christian anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism. The second study, by the editor, provides a critical historical-political overview of the We Remember document. Three theologians also respond to the Vatican document: Reverend John F. Morley, a Catholic; Professor Franklin H. Littell, a Protestant minister; and Rabbi A. James Rudin.

Synopsis

Part of a series published under the auspices of the medieval and renaissance graduate departments at Columbia University; reprints English translations of primary sources first published in the earlier series, Columbia records of civilization. The mid-12th century poem by Italian scholar and scientist Silvestris is a humanist allegory presenting Platonism and the study of nature in a literary form that made its content more acceptable to the times. First published 1973. Paper edition (unseen), $12.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author, Winthrop Wetherbee

Randolph L. Braham is the director of the Institute for Holocaust Studies at the Graduate School and University Center at the City University of New York.