Eros and Allegory: Medieval Exegis of the Song of Songs
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For centuries male celibates have described, expressed, and celebrated their love of God in the language of sex, most prolifically and characteristically in a thousand years' commentarial tradition on the Song of Songs. After analysing the tradition, its logic...
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For centuries male celibates have described, expressed, and celebrated their love of God in the language of sex, most prolifically and characteristically in a thousand years' commentarial tradition on the Song of Songs. After analysing the tradition, its logic and its imagery, Turner provides translations of commentaries by Gregory the Great, Alcuin of York, Hugh of Saint Victor, William of Saint-Thierry, Alan of Lille, Thomas of Perseigne, Thomas Galus, Thomas Aquinas, Giles of Rome, Nicholas of Lyra, Denys the Carthusian, and John of the Cross.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 525106
- Product Code 9780879079567
- ISBNÂ 0879079568
- EANÂ 9780879079567
- Pages 471
- Department Academic
- Category Biblical Studies
- Sub-Category Old Testament
- Publisher Cistercian Publications
- Publication Date Jan 1995
- Sales Rank 66295
- Dimensions 215 x 139 x 26mm
- Weight 0.707kg
Denys Turner
Denys Turner is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity and Fellow of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Marxism and Christianity (1983), Eros and Allegory (1995), The Darkness of God (CUP, 1995) and Faith Seeking (2002).
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