Tyconius: The Book of Rules (Texts and Translations) [Hardcover]

William S. Babcock (Author), Ticonius (Author)

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Text: English, Latin (translation)
Original Language: Latin

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• Hardcover: 153 pages
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555403662
• ISBN-13: 978-1555403669
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,178,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of book, December 9, 2011

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This review is from: Tyconius: The Book of Rules (Paperback)

This book was recommended by Augustine of Hippo.

Tyconius was of the Donatist party, however little about him really seems Donatist. In any case, this book he wrote gives seven rules of interpretation of Scripture, they are as follows:
I. The Lord and His Body
II. The Lord's Bipartite Body
III. The Promises of the Law
IV. The Particular and the General
V. Times
VI. Recapitulation
VII. The Devil and His Body

Much of these rules are really just different applications of "The Particular and the General" where a part represents a whole or a whole means a part.

While in the main I agree with the rules it seems that the proofs of exegesis from Scriptural verses seem like rather weak arguments and could have been replaced with Scripture much more apparently amenable to his purposes.

I also can say that some of Tyconius' ecclesiological insights are quite interesting.