The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages

The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages / Hannah W. Matis.

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In The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages , Hannah W. Matis examines how the Song of Songs, the collection of Hebrew love poetry, was understood in the Latin West as an allegory of Christ and the church. This reading of the biblical text was passed down via the patristic tradition, established b...

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Matis, Hannah W..
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 191.
Physical Description:1 online resource (263 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Love in a Cold Climate: the Song of Songs and the Carolingian Reform
  • The Mother of Invention: Bede's Commentary on the Song of Songs
  • Adoptionism and the Song of Songs: Exegesis, Controversy, and Context
  • "Fair as the Moon, Bright as the Sun": Visions of the Church in the Song of Songs
  • Quis custodiet inches per secondos custodes? The Making of the City Watch
  • Writing a Song for Solomon: Song Exegesis for Carolingian Kings
  • "Love's Lament": Paschasius Radbertus and the Song of Songs
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.

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