His learning "reflects a great humanist culture ... put at the service of theology,"[1] while he emphasised the literal meaning of the Old Testament "to an extent not found elsewhere in the Middle Ages.
"[2] Originally from England, Andrew went to Paris and studied under Abbot Hugh of Saint Victor.
[1] Around 1147 he was elected the first abbot of the Victorine daughter house of Saint James at Wigmore in England.
[1] Andrew wrote commentaries exclusively on the Old Testament, covering the Octateuch, the major and minor Prophets, the Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
Besides classical authors, he made use of the church fathers and of Jewish Peshat exegesis.