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Out of the cloister : scholastic exegesis of the Song of Songs, 1100-1250 / by Suzanne LaVere.
Van Pelt Library BS1485.53 .L38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaVere, Suzanne, author.
- Series:
- Commentaria, sacred texts and their commentaries: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic ; VOLUME 6.
- Commentaria, sacred texts and their commentaries: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic, 1874-8236 ; VOLUME 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Song of Solomon--Commentaries--History and criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Song of Solomon.
- Physical Description:
- 194 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Summary:
- The Song of Songs was one of the most frequently interpreted biblical books of the Middle Ages. Most scholarly studies concentrate on monastic interpretations of the text, which tend to be contemplative in nature. In Out of the Cloister, Suzanne LaVere reveals a particularly scholastic strain of Song of Songs exegesis, in which cathedral school masters and mendicants in and around 12th and 13th-century Paris read the text as Christ exhorting the Church and clergy to lead an active life of preaching, instruction, conversion, and reform. This new interpretation of the Song of Songs both reflected and influenced an era of far-reaching Church reform and offered a program for secular clergy to combat heresy and apathy among the laity. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 "Preach, O Gathering of My Friends!" Anselm of Laon's Continuous Commentary and the Active Life 8
- 2 Innovation and Compilation at Laon: The Glossed Song of Songs and Its Influence 51
- 3 "Arise From Contemplation and Undertake Useful Preaching." Peter the Chanter's Practical Approach to the Song of Songs 72
- 4 Glossing the Gloss: Stephen Langton's "Super-Commentary" on the Song of Songs 97
- 5 Hugh of St. Cher and the Postill: Reading the Song of Songs as a Mendicant Text 119.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: LaVere, Suzanne, author. Out of the cloister.
- ISBN:
- 9789004311985
- 900431198X
- OCLC:
- 935053339
- Publisher Number:
- 99967528224
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