02842cam a2200445Mu 4500 ocn881162029 OCoLC 20200709060200.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140607s2014 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9780227902165 (electronic bk.) 0227902165 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)881162029 814624 (N$T) BS511.3 HIS 035000 bisacsh 907.2 N$TA Furry, Timothy J. Allegorizing History [electronic resource] : The Venerable Bede, Figural Exegesis and Historical Theory. Havertown : James Clarke & Co, 2014. 1 online resource (169 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Front cover; Title page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; List of Images; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. (Re)Framing History: A Contemporary Historiography of Bede's 'Historia'; 2. Can History Be Figural? A Study of Bede's 'Historia Ecclesiastica' and 'De Templo'; 3. Interpreting Genesis: Creation and the Relationship between the Literal and Figural Senses; 4. Anachronism and the Status of the Past in Bede's 'Historia' and Figural Exegesis; 5. Bede and Frank Ankersmit: The Inevitability of Figural History; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover What is history? This question can be taken in many ways, including radically skeptical ones, but in 'Allegorizing History' Timothy J. Furry asks the questions not with that axe to grind but because it has become clear to him, through study of Bede and other ancient Christians, that history is not so simple. To be sure, many, if not all scholars, know that thanks to the work of postmodern philosophers and twentieth-century historical theorists like R.G. Collingwood, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Hayden White. In this work, Furry shows that there are competing notions and purposes of historical pract. Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735 Criticism and interpretation. Historiography. History Religious aspects Christianity. HISTORY / Study & Teaching bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Furry, Timothy J. Allegorizing History : The Venerable Bede, Figural Exegesis and Historical Theory Havertown : James Clarke & Co,c2014 9780227174241 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1698722 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814624 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1698722 EBSCOhost EBSC 814624 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55158 55158