The voice of my beloved : the Song of Songs in western medieval Christianity /
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 cent...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1990.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0585127050 9780585127057 1283211033 9781283211031 9786613211033 6613211036 081220056X 9780812200560 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The vulgate text of the Song of Songs
- Hidden origins: the legacy of Alexandria
- The key to the code: allegory and the Song of Songs
- The Song of Songs as the changing portrait of the church
- The marriage of the soul
- The woman who is the all: the Virgin Mary and the Song of Songs
- The genre as trope: the Song of Songs in the vernacular
- Latin commentary on the Song of Songs to 1200.