{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-song-of-songs-in-the-history-of-spirituality-9789004387027","title":"A Companion to the Song of Songs in the History of Spirituality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one of the most frequently commentated on biblical books during antiquity and the middle ages, the Song of Songs has played a central role in the history of Christian spirituality. At a time of heightened interest in the Song of Songs among biblical scholars, historians, and students of spirituality, this Companion to the Song of Songs in the History of Spirituality provides a state-of-the art overview of its history, challenges some conventional wisdom, and presents innovative studies of some lesser-known aspects of the Song’s reception. The essays in this volume—including a chapter on Jewish interpretation—present the diverse forms of spirituality inspired by the Song since the beginning of the Christian era.    Contributors: Ann W. Astell, Mark S. Burrows, Emily Cain, Catherine Cavadini, Rabia Gregory, Arthur Holder, Jason Kalman, Suzanne LaVere, Hannah Matis, Bernard McGinn, Timothy H. Robinson, and Karl Shuve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Abbreviations  List of Figures  Notes on Contributors    Introduction    Timothy H. Robinson    1 Mystical Wounds   Eastern Patristic Authors on the Song of Songs    Emily R. Cain    2 “A Garden Enclosed, a Fountain Sealed”   The Song of Songs and Ritual Purity in Early Latin Christianity    Karl Shuve    3 The Song of Songs in the Early Middle Ages   From Gregory the Great to the Gregorian Reform    Hannah W. Matis    4 The Cistercian Song   Reception of Bernard of Clairvaux’s Exegesis in Later Cistercian Interpretations of the Song of Songs    Catherine Rose Cavadini    5 The Song of Songs as a Call to Action   Scholastic Interpretation in the High Middle Ages    Suzanne LaVere    6 The Song of Songs in Aelred of Rievaulx’s Liturgical Preaching    Ann W. Astell    7 The Beautiful Men of the Song of Songs?   Replacing and Erasing the Female Beloved in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Interpretation    Jason Kalman    8 Women Interpreting the Song of Songs: 1150–1700    Bernard McGinn    9 Abandonment and Abundance in John of the Cross’s Spiritual Canticle   The Poet as the Writer of New Scripture    Mark S. Burrows    10 Visual Exegesis of the Song of Songs in European Art    Rabia Gregory    11 The Banquet of Love   The Song of Songs in Reformed Sacramental Piety: 1586–1729    Timothy H. Robinson     Epilogue   Christian Reception of the Song of Songs since 1800    Arthur Holder    Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210764411223,"sku":"9789004387027","price":202.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-song-of-songs-in-the-history-of-spirituality-9789004387027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}