On the Song of Songs II / / Bernard of Clairvaux.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clairvaux, Bernard of,
• MitwirkendeR: OCSO, Kilian Walsh,; OSB, Jean Leclercq,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Monastic Studies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

A profound mystic, Bernard sought, above all and in all, to be with God and to bring all persons to the experience of God. His Sermons on the Song of Songs are among the most famous and most beautiful examples of medieval scriptural exegesis. In them the modern reader can catch a glimpse of the genius which an entire generation found irresistible.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Were The Sermons On The Song Of Songs Delivered In Chapter -- Sermon 21. The Love Of The Bride, The Church, For Christ -- Sermon 22. On The Four Ointments Of The Bridegroom And The Four Cardinal Virtues -- Sermon 23. In The Rooms Of The King -- Sermon 24. Detraction And Man's Righteousness -- Sermon 25. Why The Bride Is Black But Beautiful -- Sermon 26. The Blackness Of The Bride Compared To The Tents Of Kedar Bernard's Lament For His Brother -- Sermon 27. The Beauty Of The Bride Compared To The Curtains Of Solomon Why She Is Called A Heaven -- Sermon 28. The Blackness And Beauty Of The Bridegroom And The Bride -- Sermon 29. On Discord In The Church And In Communities -- Sermon 30. Mystical Vineyards And The Prudence Of The Flesh -- Sermon 31. The Various Ways Of Seeing God -- Sermon 32. How Christ Adapts His Graces To Personal Needs -- Sermon 33. Ends To Be Pursued-The Mystical Noontide-temptations To Be Avoided -- Sermon 34. True Humility -- Sermon 35. The Bridegroom Reproves The Bride-Two Kinds Of Ignorance -- Sermon 36. The Acquiring Of Knowledge -- Sermon 37. Knowledge And Ignorance Of God And Of Self -- Sermon 38. Ignorance Of God Leads To Despair The Beauty Of The Bride -- Sermon 39. The Devil And His Army -- Sermon 40. The Face Of The Bride -- Sermon 41. The Intellect, Faith And Contemplation -- Sermon 42. Fraternal Correction-Two Kinds Of Humility -- Sermon 43. The Sufferings Of Christ -- Sermon 44. The Soul's Beauty-Its Dialogue With The Word -- Sermon 45. The Wine Of Zeal And The Oil Of Mercy -- Sermon 46. The Church And Its Ministers The Virtues That Lead To Contemplation -- Abbreviations