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Lectio Divina

The Medieval Experience of Reading

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina 'the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, savored in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader's own religious life. The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. Victor and the Carthusian Guigo II; it also includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs. This study brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-12-01
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt312 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCistercian Studies Series
Antal sidor272
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780879072384

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Duncan Robertson (1944-2023), taught French and Latin, language and literature, at Augusta State University from 1990 until retiring in 2010. Previous publications include The Medieval Saints' Lives: Spiritual Renewal and Old French Literature (Lexington, KY: French Forum, 1995), and The Vernacular Spirit: Essays on Medieval Religious Literature, with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Nancy Warren (New York: Palgrave, 2002). His articles have appeared in Romance Philology, French Forum, Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale, and other journals in the United States and abroad.

ContentsList of Abbreviations ixPreface xiLectio Divina xiIn the Monastery xiiiReading and Exegesis xvReading beyond Reading xixChapter One: Scholarly Contexts: Ressourcement and Research 1Ressourcement 1Jean Leclercq 4Henri de Lubac 11Research and Practice 23Implications for Literary Theory 27Chapter Two: The Interpretation of the Scriptures 38Letter and Spirit 38Origen’s On First Principles 43Saint Augustine 50Saint Gregory the Great 57Chapter Three: Reading and Meditation 72Classical Education 72The Conversion of Reading 76Cassian’s Conferences 81Reading in the Monastery 88 Chapter Four: Reading into Writing 104Chapters on Reading 107Liturgy and Private Prayer 120Carolingian Libelli Precum 125Chapter Five: The Extension of Meditation 133John of Fécamp’s Confessio theologica 133Saint Anselm of Canterbury’s Orationes sive meditationes 145Chapter Six: Reading the Song of Songs 156Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs 158Origen’s Homilies on the Song of Songs 163Gregory’s Exposition on the Song of Songs 170Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons on the Song of Songs 175Bernard’s Reading Project 180Allegorical Analysis 184The Voice of the Bride 192Chapter Seven: The Twelfth-Century Integration 203Meditatio and Meditationes 204Hugh of Saint-Victor 212Guigo II 224Chapter Eight: The Book of Experience 231Select Bibliography 234Index 243

This is an excellent book quite suited to a serious reader and devotee of the subject. It is refreshing to see such a seminal book published in a market where the breezy and superficial so often garners attention. The author has worked with the leading authorities and resources on the subject, and articulated them in a very comprehensible and coherent manner. Nothing less than a must read for serious students of lectio divina.Karl A. Schultz, Author of How to Pray with the Bible