商品簡介
In this first English translation, McDonald (French, U. of North Carolina, Asheville) gives us the full text of Mabillon's defense of scholarship and assessment of the learned. Mabillon could have merely refuted de Rance's assertions that scholarship was an unsuitable job for monks, but instead he showed how valuable that work was not only to the apologetics of the Church but also to its significance as the primary information system of the day. Of special interest is Mabillon's chapter on problems and contradictions in the writings of the Church Fathers, a rational and objective essay which is still of value to scholars. McDonald includes a biography of Mabillon and an explanation of the debate between the Trappist de Rance and the Maurist Benedictine Mabillon. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
John Paul McDonald is Associate Professor of French at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Professor McDonald holds a doctorate from the University of Paris.
Dom Jean Mabillon was the outstanding scholar of a group of reformed 17th century Benedictine monks, the Maurists, based at the ancient abbey of St-Germain-des-Pres in Paris.
