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Commentary Series
Medieval Institute Publications at Western Michigan University publishes the Commentary Series for TEAMS: Teaching Association for Medieval Studies.
Series Introduction
The TEAMS Commentary Series is designed for classroom use with a goal to make available to teachers and students useful examples of the vast tradition of medieval commentary on sacred scripture. The series includes English translations of works written in a number of medieval languages and from various centuries and religious traditions. The series focuses on treatises which have relevance to the many fields of medieval studies, including theories of allegory and literature, history of art, music, spirituality and political thought. The editions include short introductions which set the context and suggest the importance of each work.
- E. Ann Matter, emerita, University of Pennsylvania, Series Editor
- Thomas E. Burman, University of Notre Dame
- John C. Cavadini, University of Notre Dame
- Robert Harris, Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York)
- Jim O'Donnell, Arizona State University
- Lesley Smith, University of Oxford
- Frans van Liere, Calvin University
Proposals or completed manuscripts to be considered for publication by Medieval Institute Publications should be sent to Tyler Cloherty, acquisitions editor for the series, or the series editor, E. Ann Matter, emerita, University of Pennsylvania.
All Books in This Series
![A manuscript page showing a large, ornate, green initial P set to the left side of text.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_welch-honorius.jpg?itok=zAKmdJSa)
Honorius Augustodunensis, Exposition of Selected Psalms
Edited by David Welch, translated by the Catena Scholarium, with an Introduction by Ann W. Astell
The abbreviated Psalms commentary by Honorius Augustodunensis (ca. 1070 – ca. 1140)—a redaction of his own, much larger commentary on the entire Psalter—participates in a long tradition of Christian interpretation of the Book of Psalms. A prolific author closely associated with Anselm of Canterbury, Rupert of Deutz, and Gilbert of Poitiers, Honorius wrote a massive commentary on the Psalms when the so-called “school of Laon” was at work on the Glossa ordinaria. Honorius’s work shares the academic interest of that school, while simultaneously serving the devotion of the Benedictine Reform. His Exposition of Selected Psalms highlights a tripartite division of the Psalter, even as it discovers in the psalms an apocalypticism fitting to the Church in its last age.
ISBN 978-1-58044-552-8 (paperback), 978-1-58044-553-5 (hardback), 978-1-58044-554-2 (PDF) © 2023
![Cover image of Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus: the title in white, on a light blue background, with the image of two angels looking at a book.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_gumerlock-theodulf.jpg?itok=1U5UJYlV)
Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus
Edited and translated by Francis X. Gumerlock
New translations of texts on the Apocalypse written by Theodulf of Orleans and Smaragdus of Saint Mihiel, two early ninth-century theological advisers to Charlemagne.
ISBN 978-1-58044-377-7 (paperback), 978-1-58044-378-4 (hardback) © 2019
![Cover image of Rabbi Eliezer of Beaugency, Commentaries on Amos and Jonah; title in white on a light blue background, with an image of painted mural featuring a figure with dark curly hair, wearing a white cap and a blue robe, holding a book.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_harris-eliezer.jpeg?itok=CL2a_oF1)
Rabbi Eliezer of Beaugency, Commentaries on Amos and Jonah (With Selections from Isaiah and Ezekiel)
Edited by Robert A. Harris
Introduction, translation, and critical notes to Rabbi Eliezer of Beaugency: one of the most innovative exegetical projects of the twelfth-century Renaissance.
ISBN 978-1-58044-273-2 (paperback), 978-1-58044-303-6 (hardback) © 2018
![Cover of Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse; title in white text on light blue background, with an image of a mosaic depicting a white lamb on a jeweled altar, under a gold cross.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_gumerlock-apocalypse.jpg?itok=ehY_ir3U)
Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse
Edited by Francis X. Gumerlock
This book provides English translations of two Latin commentaries on the Apocalypse from the seventh and eighth centuries.
ISBN 978-1-58044-223-7 (paperback) © 2016
![Cover image of Nicholas of Lyra, on Galatians: on a light blue background, the title in white block letters and an image from a medieval manuscript of a group of people in colorful clothing surrounding a man sitting in a chair.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_naumann-lyra_0.jpg?itok=hjv1CxNW)
Nicholas of Lyra, Literal Commentary on Galatians
Edited and translated by Edward Arthur Naumann
A new critical edition of the Latin text of Nicholas of Lyra's literal commentary on Galatians, with a facing English translation.
ISBN 978-1-58044-211-4 (paperback) © 2016
![Cover of The Glossa Ordinaria on Romans: a pentagonal stained-glass design at the top of the cover, with the title in light blue on a black background.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_woodward-romans.jpg?itok=OSz9E8-B)
The "Glossa Ordinaria" on Romans
Translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Scott Woodward
The Gloss on Romans is a collection of sources from many periods and places, which accounts for [its] inconsistencies.
ISBN 978-1-58044-109-4 (paperback) © 2011
![Cover of The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation: a pentagonal stained-glass design at the top of the cover, with the title in blue on a black background.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_gumerlock-seven.jpg?itok=Khb3AcSt)
The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation
Translated with an introduction and notes by Francis X. Gumerlock
This book illustrates this vastness of medieval interpretive tradition on the seven seals. It includes fifteen texts from the sixth through the fifteenth century.
ISBN 978-1-58044-108-7 (paperback) © 2009
![Cover of The Glossa Ordinaria on the Song of Songs: a pentagonal stained-glass design at the top of the cover, with the title in yellow on a black background.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_dove-song.jpg?itok=fjZC-Hsh)
The "Glossa Ordinaria" on the Song of Songs
Translated with an introduction and notes by Mary Dove
In this translation of glosses on the Song of Songs, Mary Dove offers a readily accessible and inexpensive resource for students and scholars.
ISBN 1-58044-084-3 (paperback) © 2004
![Cover of John Wyclif, On the Truth of Holy Scripture: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of turquoise and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_levy-truth.jpg?itok=yZreolzd)
John Wyclif, On the Truth of Holy Scripture
Translated with an introduction and notes by Ian Christopher Levy
Wyclif sought the restoration of an idealized past even if that meant taking revolutionary steps in the present to recover what had been lost. His 1377–78 "On the Truth of Holy Scripture" represents such an effort in reform: the recognition of the inherent perfection and veracity of the Sacred Page which serves as the model for daily conduct, discourse and worship, thereby forming the foundation upon which Christendom itself is to be ordered.
ISBN 1-58044-031-2 (paperback) © 2001
![Cover of Second Thessalonians: Two Early Medieval Apocalyptic Commentaries: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of orange and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_cartwright-thessalonians.jpg?itok=XH7Uw7Ex)
Second Thessalonians: Two Early Medieval Apocalyptic Commentaries
Introduced and translated by Steven R. Cartwright and Kevin L. Hughes
Apocalyptic speculation, in one form or another, is as persistent at the turn of this millennium as it was at the last. The commentaries of Haimo of Auxerre and Thietland of Einsiedeln offer glimpses of two links in [the] unbroken chain of the apocalyptic tradition.
ISBN 1-58044-018-5 (paperback) © 2001
![Cover of Commentary on the Song of Songs and Other Kabbalistic Commentaries: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of green and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_brody-song.jpg?itok=EZSN44p-)
Rabbi Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona, Commentary on the Song of Songs and Other Kabbalistic Commentaries
Selected, translated and annotated by Seth Brody
The commentary of Rabbi Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona (d. ca. 1245) on the Song of Songs is one of the most important texts of the first clearly identified circle of Kabbalists, those operating in the Catalonian town of Gerona at the middle of the thirteenth century.
ISBN 1-58044-000-2 (paperback) © 1999
![Cover of Nicholas of Lyra's Apocalypse Commentary: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of red and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_krey-lyra.jpg?itok=bpb2qLad)
Nicholas of Lyra's Apocalypse Commentary
Translated with an introduction and notes by Philip D.W. Krey
Surveys of the history of biblical exegesis and, in particular, the history of Apocalypse commentaries rarely fail to allude to Nicholas of Lyra O.F.M. (1270–1349) as the greatest biblical exegete of the fourteenth century.
ISBN 1-879288-78-8 (paperback) © 1997
![Cover of Medieval Exegesis in Translation: Commentaries on the Book of Ruth: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of lilac and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_smith-ruth.jpg?itok=tKzrd3b1)
Medieval Exegesis in Translation: Commentaries on the Book of Ruth
Translated with an introduction and notes by Lesley Smith
This book brings together and translates from the medieval Latin a series of commentaries on the biblical book of Ruth, with the intention of introducing readers to medieval exegesis or biblical interpretation.
ISBN 1-879288-68-0 (paperback) © 1996
![Cover of Commentary on the Book of Jonah: the title in white on a black background, surrounded by a border of blue and white bars.](https://files.wmich.edu/s3fs-public/styles/small/public/2024-08/teams-cs_everhart-jonah.jpg?itok=jlXv3VtK)
Haimo of Auxerre, Commentary on the Book of Jonah
Translated with an introduction and notes by Deborah Everhart
Haimo of Auxerre's "Commentary on Jonah" was probably written as a study text for scholars in the monastery. His basic method is to present a verse from the Book of Jonah, then offer condensed versions of the diverse and occasionally contradictory interpretations of that verse that were available to him.
ISBN 1-879288-36-2 (paperback) © 1993