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.
| ISBN: | 9780853233787 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 1994 |
| Author: | Bede, Arthur G Holder |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Translated Texts for Historians |
| Genres: |
Christianity Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts |