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Exposition on the Song of Songs

William of Saint Thierry author Mother Columba Hart OSB author J-M Déchanet OSB author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Gorgias Press

Published:13th Apr '10

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Exposition on the Song of Songs cover

In the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, The Song of Songs was a favorite book of Cistercian monks. Bernard of Clairvaux, Gilbert of Hoyland, and John of Ford, as well as William of Saint Thierry, read it as a dialogue between Christ the Bridegroom and the human soul, the Bride. William of Saint Thierry began composing his commentary soon after entering the Cistercian abbey of Signy in 1135. Having left behind a busy life as a Benedictine abbot and author of theological treatises, he turned to writing meditations on Scripture as the means of listening to the voice of the Beloved.

ISBN: 9781607241942

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219 pages