The development of the «pseudo-Joachim» commentary «super Hieremiam» : new manuscript evidence - article ; n°1 ; vol.98, pg 109-142

Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes - Année 1986 - Volume 98 - Numéro 1 - Pages 109-142
Robert Moynihan, The development of the pseudo-Joachim commentary super Hieremiam : new manuscript évidence, p. 109-142. The history of the spread and evolution of the writings of Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202) the twelfth-century Calabrian abbot who profoundly influenced medieval apocalyptic thought and the western idea of pro-gress, remains obscure. One central unsolved problem is the authorship of the pseudo-Joachim commentary on the prophet Jeremiah, the Super Hieremiam. Contemporaries dated this work to 1197 and attributed it to Joachim, but modem scholars have dated it to c. 1243 and generally agreed the work is entirely spurious. Scholars have fallen into two schools on the commentary's authorship : some have attributed it to Joachim's Florensian disciples, others to early Franciscans Spirituals. A new study of the manuscript evidence reveals a previously unknown recension of the Super Hieremiam and a set of intermediate glosses. The (v. au verso) manuscript evidence suggests Joachim might have written a commentary on Jeremiah which was then altered by both his Florensian disciples and the early Franciscans. The manuscripts thus shed new light on the composition of the Super Hieremiam and the development of Joachimism during the thirteenth century. The work presented here remains in progress; the interpretations proposed remain subject to revision.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.