Hrabanus Maurus’ Post-Patristic Renovation of 1 Maccabees 1:1–8

In this article, I examine Hrabanus Maurus’ exegesis of the opening verses of 1 Maccabees, which preserves a concise account of Alexander the Great’s career. My main goal is to demonstrate how Hrabanus reinterpreted the representation of the Macedonian king from 1 Maccabees. To this end, I employ tr...

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Main Author: Djurslev Christian Thrue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-07-01
Series:Open Theology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0160