05038cam a2200709Ia 4500 ocn310981499 OCoLC 20200709055206.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 090226s2006 ilua ob 001 0 eng d 2006012416 N$T eng pn N$T OCLCQ IDEBK OCLCQ E7B DKDLA OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCF YDXCP EBLCP MHW N15 TEFOD OCLCQ AZK LOA UKOUP COCUF AGLDB MOR PIFAG ZCU OCLCQ MERUC OCLCQ U3W LUE BETBC STF GBA671751 bnb 013536659 Uk 476229641 646783195 760912192 770799679 815757336 867641195 961628629 962692251 966232294 988507318 991961026 1037914292 9780226899022 (electronic bk.) 0226899020 (electronic bk.) 1281966827 9781281966827 0226899004 9780226899008 260257 (N$T) (OCoLC)310981499 (OCoLC)476229641 (OCoLC)646783195 (OCoLC)760912192 (OCoLC)770799679 (OCoLC)815757336 (OCoLC)867641195 (OCoLC)961628629 (OCoLC)962692251 (OCoLC)966232294 (OCoLC)988507318 (OCoLC)991961026 (OCoLC)1037914292 23CB59C8-3AAD-41B5-8C18-A598F665931A OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com BR65.J476 W55 2006eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh HRC bicssc 270.2092 22 MAIN Williams, Megan Hale, 1969- The monk and the book : Jerome and the making of Christian scholarship / Megan Hale Williams. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index. In the West, monastic ideals and scholastic pursuits are complementary; monks are popularly imagined copying classics, preserving learning through the Middle Ages, and establishing the first universities. But this dual identity is not without its contradictions. While monasticism emphasizes the virtues of poverty, chastity, and humility, the scholar, by contrast, requires expensive infrastructure--a library, a workplace, and the means of disseminating his work. In The Monk and the Book, Megan Hale Williams argues that Saint Jerome was the first to represent biblical study as a mode of asceticism appropriate for an inhabitant of a Christian monastery, thus pioneering the enduring linkage of monastic identities and institutions with scholarship. Revisiting Jerome with the analytical tools of recent cultural history--including the work of Bourdieu, Foucault, and Roger Chartier--Williams proposes new interpretations that remove obstacles to understanding the life and legacy of the saint. Examining issues such as the construction of Jerome's literary persona, the form and contents of his library, and the intellectual framework of his commentaries, Williams shows that Jerome's textual and exegetical work on the Hebrew scriptures helped to construct a new culture of learning. This fusion of the identities of scholar and monk, Williams shows, continues to reverberate in the culture of the modern university. The making of a Christian writer -- Experiments in exegesis -- Interpretation and the construction of Jerome's authority -- Jerome's library -- Toward a monastic order of books -- The book and the voice -- Readers and patrons. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 600 Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. fast (OCoLC)fst01827079 RELIGION Christian Church History. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh Ascese. gtt Bijbelwetenschap. gtt Electronic books. Print version: Williams, Megan Hale, 1969- Monk and the book. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 0226899004 9780226899008 (DLC) 2006012416 (OCoLC)67375013 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=260257 Alberta Government Library Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=260257 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260257 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL408560 ebrary EBRY ebr10265909 EBSCOhost EBSC 260257 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB 196682 Oxford University Press USA OUPR EDZ0000122935 YBP Library Services YANK 2955062 92 N$T 49384 49384