CRITICISM

Bieler, Ludwig. “Remarks on Eriugena's Original Latin Prose.” In The Mind of Eriugena: Papers of a Colloquium, Dublin, 14–18 July 1970, edited by John J. O'Meara and Ludwig Bieler, pp. 140–46. Dublin: Irish University Press Ltd., 1973.

Offers an analysis of Eriugena's handling of the Latin language. Originally delivered as a lecture in 1970.

Contreni, John J. “The Biblical Glosses of Haimo of Auxerre and John Scottus Eriugena.” Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies 51, no. 1 (July 1976): 411-34.

Discusses some problematic issues involved in Eriugena's biblical notes.

Jean Scot Érigène et l'histoire de la philosophie: Laon, 7-12 juillet 1975, Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1977, 484 p.

Collection of essays presented at a colloquium held in 1975 focusing on various aspects of Eriugena's thought and including many well-known Eriugena scholars.

McGinn, Bernard. “The Negative Element in the Anthropology of John the Scot.” In Jean Scot Érigène at l'histoire de la pholosophie: Laon, 7–12 jiillet 1975, pp. 315–25. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1977.

Analyzes the role of negation in the writings of Eriugena, with the following three theses: that man cannot know God; that God cannot know God; and that man cannot know man.

———. “The Originality of Eriugena's Spiritual Exegesis.” In Iohannes Scottus Eriugena: The Bible and Hermeneutics: Proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, Held at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve: June 7-10, 1995, edited by Gerd Van Riel, Carlos Steel, and James McEvey, pp. 55-80. Leuven, Belgium: University Press, 1996.

Evaluates the significance of Eriugena's exegesis, particularly his insistence that the principle recta ratio must function in a negative sense.

Musto, Jeanne-Marie. “John Scottus Eriugena and the Upper Cover of the Lindau Gospels.” Gesta 40, no. 1 (2001): 1-18.

Uses Eriugena's writings in a study of the art of the Lindau Gospels.

O'Meara, John J. “Eriugena's Use of Augustine in His Teaching on the Return of the Soul and the Vision of God.” In Studies in Augustine and Eriugena, edited by Thomas Halton, pp. 244–54. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1992.

Examines Eriugena's interpretations of some of Augustine's doctrines.

Otten, Willemien. “The Dialectic of the Return in Eriugena's Periphyseon.” The Harvard Theological Review 84, no. 4 (October 1991): 399–421.

Analyzes the construction of the Periphyseon and explores what Eriugena meant by “a return to God.”

Stock, Brian. “Observations on the Use of Augustine by Johannes Scottus Eriugena.” The Harvard Theological Review 60, no. 2 (April 1967): 213–20.

Examines Eriugena's ideas on paradise, contending that he broadened Augustine's concept of the subject.

Tomasic, Thomas Michael. “The Logical Function of Metaphor and Oppositional Coincidence in the Pseudo-Dionysius and John Scottus Eriugena.” The Journal of Religion 68, no. 3 (July 1988): 361-76.

Examines the “underlying logical and ontological assumptions” in Eriugena's works.

Additional coverage of Eriugena's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 115; and Literature Resource Center.