6 The Song of Songs in Aelred of Rievaulx's Liturgical Preaching -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aelred of Rievaulx's Preaching "from" the Song of Songs -- 3 The Advent of the Lord (Sermons 1, 2, 80, 86) -- 4 The Nativity of the Lord (Sermons 3, 48, 81, 91) -- 5 The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord (Sermons 50, 110). |
6 The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Purification of Holy Mary (Sermons 5, 32, 51, 101, 102) -- 7 The Annunciation of the Lord (Sermons 9, 57, 59, 60, 118, 119) -- 8 Palm Sunday (Sermons 10, 35) -- 9 Easter (Sermons 12, 121) -- 10 Ascension (Sermons 124, 125) -- 11 Pentecost (Sermons 67, 68, 128) -- 12 The Assumption of Holy Mary (Sermons 20, 45, 73, 74, 153, 154, 156, 157, 167, 168, 169) -- 13 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sermons 23, 75, 159, 162, 164, 166) -- 14 All Saints (Sermons 26, 76, 77) -- Chapter 7 The Beautiful Men of the Song of Songs?: Replacing and Erasing the Female Beloved in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Interpretation -- 1 Introduction: What Bothered Early Jewish Readers about Song of Songs? -- 2 Targum and Early Midrash -- 3 Song of Songs Rabbah -- 4 Real Men and Women and Song of Songs Rabbah -- 5 The Female Beloved and/as the Community of Israel -- 6 Breast Milk, Torah, and the Nourishing of Israel -- 7 The Male Beloved and/as God -- 8 Medieval Exegesis of the Song of Songs -- 8.1 The Northern French Peshat School -- 8.2 The Spanish School: Abraham Ibn Ezra -- 8.3 Karaite Exegesis -- 8.4 Philosophical Allegory -- 8.5 Early Kabbalah-Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona -- 9 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Women Interpreting the Song of Songs: 1150-1700 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Women Mystics Read the Song of Songs: 1150-1550 -- 3 Women Commenting on the Song of Songs: 1550-1700 -- Chapter 9 Abandonment and Abundance in John of the Cross's Spiritual Canticle: The Poet as the Writer of New Scripture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Abandonment and Longing -- 3 A Poetics of Love -- 4 Abundance and the Impotence of Language -- 5 Penetrating beyond Explanations -- 6 A Poetics of the Silent Word -- Chapter 10 Visual Exegesis of the Song of Songs in European Art -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Song of Songs and the Materiality of Religion. |
3 Literal Representations of the Song of Songs -- 4 Allusions to the Song of Songs in Devotional Art -- 5 Innovative Allegories -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 The Banquet of Love: The Song of Songs in Reformed Sacramental Piety: 1586-1729 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Varieties of Reformed Commentary on the Song of Songs -- 3 Themes in Eucharistic Piety -- 4 Conclusion -- Epilogue: Christian Reception of the Song of Songs since 1800 -- 1 Historical-Critical Readings of the Song as a Celebration of Human Love -- 2 The Persistence of Allegorical Interpretation -- 3 Approaches Focusing on the Positionality of the Reader -- 4 Reading the Song in Interreligious Contexts -- 5 The Song in Literature, Art, Music, and Film -- 6 Liturgy and Worship -- 7 The Song's Enduring Appeal -- Bibliography -- Ancient and Medieval Authors -- Modern Authors -- Musical Compositions -- Index. |