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Author:   Karl Shuve (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9780198766445

ISBN 10:   0198766440
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   24 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations Introduction The Song of Songs in North Africa and Spain 1: 'A Garden Enclosed, A Fountain Sealed': The Church as Closed Community in Cyprian and the Donatists 2: 1. 'As a Lily Among the Thorns': The Church as Mixed Community in Pacian, Tyconius, and Augustine 3: 1. 'The Church is the Flesh of Christ': The Tractatus de Epithalamio of Gregory of Elivra The Song of Songs in Italy 4: 'Like the Holy Church, Unsullied by Intercourse': Ambrose, Virgins, and the Song 5: 'For Souls Know Not Covenants of Wedlock': Ascetic Ideology and Mystical Theology in Ambrose's Later Works 6: 'This Book Contains the Mysteries of Virginity': Jerome and the Making of Ascetic Community Epilogue: Towards Medieval Exegesis

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[H]ighly penetrating, well-argued historical analysis [A] multi-faceted, yet beautifully interwoven sketch --<em>Themelios</em> [A] welcome addition to the history of interpretation of the Song of Songs Shuve has succeeded in drawing the early Latin interpreters of the Song of Songs out from under the shadow of Origen, in a well-organized and pleasantly written volume that deserves a wide readership. --<em>Bryn Mawr Classical</em> <em>Review</em> This book is elegantly presented and wholly credible. --<em>Marginalia Review of Books</em>

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Karl Shuve is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.

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