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Author:   Hildegard of Bingen ,  Beverly Mayne Kienzle
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Volume:   241
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780879072414

ISBN 10:   0879072415
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations   xi Preface   xv Introduction   1 Homilies 1 and 2 Luke 16:1-9      The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost   29 Homilies 3 and 4 John 6:1-4      The Last Sunday before Advent   37 Homilies 5 and 6 Matthew 1:18-21      The Eve of the Lord’s Birth   46 Homilies 7 and 8 Luke 2:1-14  The Lord’s Birth   50 Homily 9 John 1:1-14  The Lord’s Birth   55 Homilies 10 and 11 Matthew 2:13-18      The Eve of the Epiphany   62 Homilies 12 and 13 Matthew 2:1-2      The Feast of the Epiphany   67 Homilies 14 and 15 Luke 2:42-52      The Sunday in the Octave of the Epiphany   75 Homilies 16 and 17 John 2:1-11      The Second Sunday after the Epiphany   81  Homilies 18 and 19 Matthew 8:1-13      The Third Sunday after the Epiphany   87 Homilies 20 and 21 Luke 2:22-32      The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary   94 Homilies 22 and 23 Matthew 20:1-16      Septuagesima Sunday   100 Homilies 24 and 25 Matthew 4:1-11      The First Sunday of Lent   108 Homilies 26 and 27 Luke 15:11-32      Sabbath before the Third Sunday of Lent   117 Homilies 28 and 29 Mark 16:1-7      The Sunday of the Resurrection   127 Homilies 30 and 31 John 10:11-16      The Second Sunday after Easter   132 Homilies 32 and 33 Mark 16:14-20      The Lord’s Ascension   135 Homilies 34, 35, and 36 John 3:1-15      The Finding of the Holy Cross   139 Homilies 37 and 38 Luke 16:19-31      The Octave of Pentecost   149 Homilies 39 and 40 Luke 14:16-24      The Third Sunday after Pentecost   158 Homilies 41 and 42 Luke 1:57-68      The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist   164 Homilies 43, 44, and 45 Luke 5:1-11      The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost   169 Homilies 46, 47, and 48 Luke 19:41-47      The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost   176 Homilies 49 and 50 Mark 7:31-37      The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost   181  Homilies 51 and 52 Luke 18:10-14      The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost   185 Homilies 53, 54, 55, and 56 Luke 21:25-33      The First Sunday of Advent   190 Homilies 57 and 58 Luke 19:1-10      The Dedication of a Church   199 Bibliography   205 Liturgical Index   211 Scripture Index   214 Topical Index   218

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This is a precise, readable, and profitable translation of Hildegard of Bingen's Homilies on the Gospels. Beverly Kienzle is aware of all the problems and technicalities of any translation and solves them with talent and elegance. A book to be read by anyone interested in the Middle Ages, the New Testament, and spirituality.Francois Bovon, Frothingham Research Professor, The Divinity School, Harvard University

Author Information

Beverly M. Kienzle is the John H. Morison Professor of the Practice in Latin and Romance Languages and lecturer on medieval Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. Her research and writing focus on the place of preaching and sermons in the history of medieval religion and on evidence for women's preaching in monastic, lay, and dissident communities. Her publications include Hildegard of Bingen: Homilies on the Gospels from Cistercian Publications and Hildegard of Bingen and Her Gospel Homilies: Speaking New Mysteries. Kienzle has also co-edited Hildegard of Bingen's Expositiones euangeliorum and A Handbook on Hildegard of Bingen.

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