LEADER 03917nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910778977203321 005 20230925154629.0 010 $a1-283-21103-3 010 $a9786613211033 010 $a0-8122-0056-X 010 $a0-585-12705-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200560 035 $a(CKB)111004368588970 035 $a(OCoLC)760134543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491862 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240933 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235308 035 $a(PQKB)10055903 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8387 035 $a(DE-B1597)448910 035 $a(OCoLC)979968202 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200560 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441405 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491862 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321103 035 $a(OCoLC)748533317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441405 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368588970 100 $a19891005h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe voice of my beloved $ethe Song of Songs in western medieval Christianity /$fE. Ann Matter 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d1990. 210 4$a©1990 215 $a1 online resource (xxxv, 227 pages) 225 1 $aMiddle Ages series 300 $aFirst paperback printing, 1992. 311 0 $a0-8122-1420-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tThe Vulgate Text of the Song of Songs --$tChapter One. Introduction to the Genre --$tChapter Two. Hidden Origins: The Legacy of Alexandria --$tChapter Three. The Key to the Code: Allegory and the Song of Songs --$tChapter Four. The Song of Songs as the Changing Portrait of the Church --$tChapter Five. The Marriage of the Soul --$tChapter Six. The Woman Who is the All: The Virgin Mary and the Song of Songs --$tChapter Seven. The Genre as Trope: The Song of Songs in Vernacular Literature --$tConclusion --$tAppendix: Latin Commentary on the Song of Songs to 1200 --$tIndex of Biblical References --$tIndex of Manuscripts --$tIndex of Modern Scholars --$tGeneral Index 330 $aThe Song of Songs, eight chapters of love lyrics found in the collection of wisdom literature attributed to Solomon, is the most enigmatic book of the Bible. For thousands of years Jews and Christians alike have preserved it in the canon of scripture and used it in liturgy. Exegetes saw it as a central text for allegorical interpretations, and so the Song of Songs has exerted an enormous influence on spirituality and mysticism in the Western tradition. In the Voice of My Beloved, E. Ann Matter focuses on the most fertile moment of Song of Songs interpretation: the Middle Ages. At least eighty Latin commentaries on the text survive from the period. In tracing the evolution of these commentaries, Matter reveals them to be a vehicle for expressing changing medieval ideas about the church, the relationship between body and soul, and human and divine love. She shows that the commentaries constitute a well-defined genre of medieval Latin literature. And in discussing the exegesis of the Song of Songs, she takes into account the modern exegesis of the book and feminist critiques of the theology embodied in the text. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aRELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament$2bisacsh 615 7$aRELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament. 676 $a223/.906/0902 700 $aMatter$b E. Ann$0610542 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778977203321 996 $aThe voice of my beloved$93851635 997 $aUNINA