In Praise of the Virgin Mary, the God-Bearer

Alan of Lille’s Concise Elucidation of the Song of Songs

AvAlan of Lille

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Translated here in its entirety for the first time, Alan of Lille’s Elucidatio in Cantica Canticorum provides a measure for the originality of his Mariology. Fifty years after the death of Bernard of Clairvaux, Alan of Lille died in 1202 or 1203 among the Cistercians at Cîteaux. Celebrated in his own time as doctor universalis, Alan made pioneering contributions in a variety of genres. Best known today for his influential epic poems, the Anticlaudianus and the Complaint of Nature, Alan also composed a theological dictionary, a handbook for preachers, a defense of the catholic faith against the Cathars, and one of the first Marian commentaries on the Song of Songs. Translated here in its entirety for the first time, Alan’s Elucidatio in Cantica Canticorum illumines his other writings and provides a measure for the originality of his Mariology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:255 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cistercian Fathers Series
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780879074333
Översättare:Ann W. Astell, Ann W Astell

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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

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Ann W. Astell is the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. The author of seven books and the editor or co-editor of seven volumes, she has recently published essays on Honorius Augustodunensis, Bernard of Clairvaux, Eadmer of Canterbury, and Aelred of Rievaulx.

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“Ann Astell's elegant translation of Alan's commentary on Solomon's love song catapults the reader into a world of vivid metaphor in which the creatures of God become material symbols of spiritual beauty. Inspiring poets from Dante to Spenser, Alan's reading of the Song became a staple for Christian apologetics in praise of God's Artifact, underpinning both contemplative treatises on the ascent of the soul and catalogues of the creatures encountered in Scripture. Astell's introduction and notes make this richness clear to the modern reader, while at the same time inviting us to encounter the truth of the Incarnation on which Alan's allegory drew. A gem of a medieval text, exquisitely rendered into modern prose.”Rachel Fulton Brown, author of From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200 and Mary and the Art of Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life and Thought

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgments ixAbbreviations xiiIntroduction xiiiIn Praise of the Virgin Mary, the God-Bearer: Alan of Lille’s Concise Elucidation of the Song of Songs 1Author’s Prologue 3Chapter One 5Chapter Two 33Chapter Three 49Chapter Four 59Chapter Five 73Chapter Six 87Chapter Seven 99Chapter Eight 111Appendix 1. Citations of the Song of Songs in the Liber in Distinctionibus dictionum theologicalium 125Appendix 2. Luna in Dictionary, Commentary, and Sermon 135Bibliography 137Index of Scriptural References 147General Index 151