Bede: On the Tabernacle

By Bede and Arthur G. Holder

This volume contains the first English translation of Bede's allegorical commentary on the tabernacle of Moses, which he interpreted as a symbolic figure of the Christian Church. Written in the early 720s at the monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow in Northumbria, On the Tabernacle (De tabernaculo) was the first Christian literary work devoted entirely to this topic and the first verse-by-verse commentary on the relevant portions of the Book of Exodus. On the Tabernacle was one of Bede's most popular works, appearing in a great many manuscripts from every period of the Middle Ages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853233780
• ISBN13: 9780853233787
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.4"