The Jerome and the making of Christian scholarship Williams, Megan Hale 1969- creator text bibliography Electronic books. ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations 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. Megan Hale Williams. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index. Saint Jerome -419 or 420 Saint Jerome -419 or 420 RELIGION Christian Church History RELIGION Christianity History Ascese Bijbelwetenschap BR65.J476 W55 2006eb 270.2092 Williams, Megan Hale, 1969- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006012416 (OCoLC)67375013 9780226899022 0226899020 1281966827 9781281966827 23CB59C8-3AAD-41B5-8C18-A598F665931A OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=260257 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=260257 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260257 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=260257 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=260257 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260257 N$T 090226 20200709055206.0 ocn310981499 eng