NICOLAUS OF LYRA (c. 1265–1349)
, French commentator, was born in Lire, now Vieille- Lyre, in the department of Eure, Normandy
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He entered the Franciscan See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
at Verneuil about 1300, and studied at Paris, where, becoming a doctor some See also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
before 1309, he taught for many years
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From 1319 he was provincial of his order in France, and was present in that capacity at the general chapter at Perouse (1321)
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In 1325 he was provincial of Burgundy, and as executor of the estate of Jeanne of Burgundy, widow of See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
See also: - PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
VI., he founded the college of Burgundy at Paris, where he died in the autumn of 1349, being buried in the chapter See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
of the convent of the Cordeliers
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Among the authentic works of Nicolaus of Lyra are: (I) two commentaries on the whole Bible, one (Postilla litteralis, 1322–1331) following the literal sense, the other (Postilla mystica seu moralis, 1339) following the mystic sense
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There are numerous editions ( Rome, 1471–1472; Douai, 1617; Antwerp, 1634)
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(2) Tractatus de differentia nostrae translationis (i.e
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Vulgate) ab Hebraica veritate, 1333
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(3) Two treatises against the Jews
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(4) A theological treatise on the Beatific Vision, directed against pope John XXII
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(1334), unpublished
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(5)
Contemplatio de vita S
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Francisci, a book of devotions
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Nicolaus was above all a commentator
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His exegesis, which was dominated by his polemics against the Jews, is characterized by a fidelity to the literal sense, the comparison with the Hebrew text, the direct use of Jewish commentators, a very independent attitude toward% traditional interpretations, and a remarkable historical and critical sense
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In all this he resembled Roger See also: - BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
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His works, especially the Postilla litteralis, were very popular in the 14th and 15th centuries, but produced few imitators
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In addition to the notices in Wadding, du Moustier, Sbaraglia and Fabricius, see C
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Siegfried, in Archiv. f. wissenschaftliche Erforschung des A.T., vols. i., ii.; A
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Merx, Die Prophetie des Joel and ihre Ausleger (1879, pp
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305-366); M
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Fischer in Jahrbiicher f. protestantische Theologie, xv.; F
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Maschkowski, in Zeitschrift f. alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, xv.; Neumann in Revue des etudes juives, vols
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26 and 27; H
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Labrosse in Positions des theses de l'Ecole des Chartes (1906)
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