The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of Songs in Western Medieval ChristianityUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 3 de ago. de 2010 - 268 páginas The Song of Songs, eight chapters of love lyrics found in the collection of wisdom literature attributed to Solomon, is the most enigmatic book of the Bible. For thousands of years Jews and Christians alike have preserved it in the canon of scripture and used it in liturgy. Exegetes saw it as a central text for allegorical interpretations, and so the Song of Songs has exerted an enormous influence on spirituality and mysticism in the Western tradition. |
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1 Introduction to the Genre | 3 |
The Legacy of Alexandria | 20 |
Allegory and the Song of Songs | 49 |
4 The Song of Songs as the Changing Portrait of the Church | 86 |
5 The Marriage of the Soul | 123 |
The Virgin Mary and the Song of Songs | 151 |
The Song of Songs in the Vernacular | 178 |
Conclusion | 201 |
Latin Commentary on the Song of Songs to 1200 | 203 |
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The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of Songs in Western Medieval Christianity E. Ann Matter Visualização parcial - 1990 |
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The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of Songs in Western Medieval Christianity E. Ann Matter Prévia não disponível - 1990 |