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A companion to the Song of Songs in the history of spirituality /

"The essays in this volume including a chapter on Jewish interpretation present the diverse forms of spirituality inspired by the Song since the beginning of the Christian era"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Robinson, Timothy H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.
Colección:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; volume 98.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Song of Songs and Its History
  • 2 Modern Resistance to the Allegorical Tradition
  • 3 Renewed Appreciation for the Pre-modern Song of Songs
  • 4 Companion to the Song of Songs in Christian Spirituality
  • Chapter 1 Mystical Wounds: Eastern Patristic Authors on the Song of Songs
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Overview of Key Authors
  • 3 Wounds of Love
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 "A Garden Enclosed, a Fountain Sealed": The Song of Songs and Ritual Purity in Early Latin Christianity
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Song of Songs and Ritual Purity in North Africa
  • 3 The Song of Songs and Virginity in Italy
  • 4 The Early Latin Commentary Tradition
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages: From Gregory the Great to the Gregorian Reform
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Gregory the Great and the Venerable Bede
  • 3 Alcuin and the Carolingians
  • 4 The Song of Songs and the Gregorian Reform
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 The Cistercian Song: Reception of Bernard of Clairvaux's Exegesis in Later Cistercian Interpretations of the Song of Songs
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Bernard of Clairvaux: Exemplary Abbot and Exegete
  • 3 William of St. Thierry: Conversations with a Friend
  • 4 Gilbert of Hoyland and John of Ford: Successors
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 The Song of Songs as a Call to Action: Scholastic Interpretation in the High Middle Ages
  • Chapter 6 The Song of Songs in Aelred of Rievaulx's Liturgical Preaching
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Aelred of Rievaulx's Preaching "from" the Song of Songs
  • 3 The Advent of the Lord (Sermons 1, 2, 80, 86)
  • 4 The Nativity of the Lord (Sermons 3, 48, 81, 91)
  • 5 The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord (Sermons 50, 110)
  • 6 The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Purification of Holy Mary (Sermons 5, 32, 51, 101, 102)
  • 7 The Annunciation of the Lord (Sermons 9, 57, 59, 60, 118, 119)
  • 8 Palm Sunday (Sermons 10, 35)
  • 9 Easter (Sermons 12, 121)
  • 10 Ascension (Sermons 124, 125)
  • 11 Pentecost (Sermons 67, 68, 128)
  • 12 The Assumption of Holy Mary (Sermons 20, 45, 73, 74, 153, 154, 156, 157, 167, 168, 169)
  • 13 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sermons 23, 75, 159, 162, 164, 166)
  • 14 All Saints (Sermons 26, 76, 77)
  • Chapter 7 The Beautiful Men of the Song of Songs?: Replacing and Erasing the Female Beloved in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Interpretation
  • 1 Introduction: What Bothered Early Jewish Readers about Song of Songs?
  • 2 Targum and Early Midrash
  • 3 Song of Songs Rabbah
  • 4 Real Men and Women and Song of Songs Rabbah
  • 5 The Female Beloved and/as the Community of Israel
  • 6 Breast Milk, Torah, and the Nourishing of Israel
  • 7 The Male Beloved and/as God