Rupert of Deutz
Benedictine abbot and theologian at Deutz. Among the scholars who used Jerome's version of Scripture exclusively.
Preliminaries
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— Listed among scholars who used Jerome's version
"Bernard, Rupert, Peter Lombard"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Introduction
— Listed among those who wrote on Genesis
"Eucherius, Rupert, and others wrote on Genesis."
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He Created
— Cited from Book I on Genesis, ch. 3, on "create" meaning "from nothing"
"Rupert, book I on Genesis, ch. 3; Bede and Lyra here."
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He Created
— Cited for three reasons why Moses used "created" rather than "said"
"So Rupert, who assigns three reasons."
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Verse 6: Let there be a firmament
— Cited for the view that the firmament is the middle region of air
"Rupert, Eugubinus, Pererius"
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Verse 20: Let the Waters Bring Forth
— Exception among Fathers: holds birds were NOT produced from water
"the common opinion of St. Jerome, Augustine, Cyril, Damascene, and other Fathers (except Rupert)"
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Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature
— Cited alongside Molina for hybrid animals not needing to be created on the sixth day
"So Rupert, Molina, and others"
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited alongside Basil for the Trinity interpretation of "Let Us make"
"So St. Basil, Rupert, and others cited above"
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited for marveling at God's deliberation about creating man
"so Rupert."
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited for the mystical interpretation of image as the Son and likeness as the Holy Spirit
"However, secondly, "image" can properly be taken here as a Hebraism"
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Verse 28: Increase and Multiply
— Cited alongside Chrysostom and Augustine for no precept of procreation
"So say St. Chrysostom, Rupert, and Augustine"
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited for angels created simultaneously with the world
"so with Saint Augustine, Gregory, Rupert, and Bede"