An episode of biblical exegesis in 15th century Castile: Alfonso de Cartagena and his Apologia
Abstract
Alfonso de Cartagena cultivated biblical hermeneutic: he wrote his Apologia super psalmo “Iudica me, Deus” probably at the request of Pedro Fernández de Velasco, conde de Haro, after 1442. He took over the principles which led the hermeneutic of his father, Pablo de Santa María: literalism and deep christological inspiration. He developed a reading, which is focused on Christ, on the basis of figural interpretation. But instead of anti-jewish polemic, he proposed an eucharistic interpretation. He developed a reading which is based on a strong literal ground and on thomistic doctrine. He illustrated the biblical text by means of the Summa theologiae.
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