Christa Lundberg
@christalund.bsky.social
Historian of early modern teachers, theologians, editors, and plagiarists. Assistant professor at Lund University & Pro Futura fellow at the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study.
I argue that Lefèvre’s method reflects a premodern hermeneutics of multiple translations – reading several versions side by side, not as rivals but as complementary witnesses to the text’s meaning – continuing a scholarly tradition evident in medieval manuscripts.
April 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I argue that Lefèvre’s method reflects a premodern hermeneutics of multiple translations – reading several versions side by side, not as rivals but as complementary witnesses to the text’s meaning – continuing a scholarly tradition evident in medieval manuscripts.
My piece focuses on the 1498/99 Parisian edition of the works of Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite: uncovering how Lefèvre intervened to ‘traditionalize’ the Latin text, actively reshaping Traversari’s translation to better reflect his own understanding of the theology of the Greek Church Father.
April 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
My piece focuses on the 1498/99 Parisian edition of the works of Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite: uncovering how Lefèvre intervened to ‘traditionalize’ the Latin text, actively reshaping Traversari’s translation to better reflect his own understanding of the theology of the Greek Church Father.