tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post1124312486116314498..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: Anglo-Saxon Reading ListAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-45611709849942375022009-10-13T20:51:23.739-05:002009-10-13T20:51:23.739-05:00I think Reading St Benedict is great, but it's...I think <i>Reading St Benedict</i> is great, but it's definitely a blow-by-blow commentary. It's best if one is reading the Rule for spiritual insight and needs something to open up the text a bit. Its value in this regard is best illustrated in the passages dealing with the structure of the offices and the apportioning of the Psalter.<br /><br /><i>The Rule of St Benedict: A Doctrinal & Spiritual Commentary</i> is more of a stand-alone book and is much more in-depth and scholarly. I recommend it for understanding the place of the Rule in the broader monastic and spiritual tradition.<br /><br />The only other book of de Vogue's that I've read is his commentary on St Gregory the Great's Life of St Benedict. Again, this is the sort of thing that presupposes one is interested in carefully making one's way through the ancient text. It's not 'armchair reading', but more like a particularly fascinating study guide!<br /><br />I recommend all three of these, but be prepared! They are quite foreign to the fluffy, feel-good spirituality of a lot of modern writing on St Benedict and his Rule. Adalbert is quite serious.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-86905587139700600172009-10-13T09:32:08.009-05:002009-10-13T09:32:08.009-05:00Aaron, this is a little unrelated, but in the spir...Aaron, this is a little unrelated, but in the spirit of book recommendations - what do you receommend by the "infallible Adalbert de Vogue"? I came upon his "Reading Saint Benedict and was curious about it.Xeneteiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311992929661487537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-29971576063403962452009-10-12T19:54:02.225-05:002009-10-12T19:54:02.225-05:00Thank you so much for this wonderful list. I woul...Thank you so much for this wonderful list. I would love to read more about Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Christianity (my husband and I named our son, Declan). These are great resources!<br /><br />JulianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-62338730639947964352009-10-11T19:33:31.757-05:002009-10-11T19:33:31.757-05:00Thanks Aaron!Thanks Aaron!Tikhonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-7016011627406222082009-10-11T18:39:31.195-05:002009-10-11T18:39:31.195-05:00You're welcome.
I typed the wrong URL to my ...You're welcome. <br /><br />I typed the wrong URL to my own blog for my name....it should be <br /><br />http://stcuthbert.blogspot.com<br /><br />sorry for any confusion.Mat. Donna Farleyhttp://stcuthbert.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-73977551125409658812009-10-10T22:22:41.658-05:002009-10-10T22:22:41.658-05:00Thank you, Matushka! Those look quite good. I'...Thank you, Matushka! Those look quite good. I'd really like to get that Illustrated Bede for my kids.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-45667023085311776902009-10-10T21:42:56.638-05:002009-10-10T21:42:56.638-05:00I have a lovely book called The Illustrated Bede, ...I have a lovely book called The Illustrated Bede, by John Marsden, with translation of various of Bede's works by John Gregory and Photography by Geoff Green. Great introduction to Bede for young people. <br /><br />Marsden's Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age is also excellent. <br /><br />Also, I just acquired The Painted Labyrinth by Michelle Brown-- a very accessible introduction to the Lindesfarne Gospels.Mat. Donna Farleyhttp://haliwerfolc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-89033852227088687642009-10-10T18:23:32.530-05:002009-10-10T18:23:32.530-05:00I haven't read that one, but I'm sure it&#...I haven't read that one, but I'm sure it's good. I've always admired Ward's introduction to her translation of the Apophthegmata Patrum.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-41641516110703162972009-10-10T17:42:39.279-05:002009-10-10T17:42:39.279-05:00Thanks for this helpful list! Are you familiar at...Thanks for this helpful list! Are you familiar at all with Benedicta Ward’s work on the subject? I recently picked up her book titled <i>?High King of Heaven: Aspects of Early English Spirituality</i>, but I have yet to read it.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922659552731758823noreply@blogger.com