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.

• ContentsList of Abbreviations   ixPreface   xiIntroduction   1Question and Solution 1     Sirach 18:1; Genesis 1:31   39Question and Solution 2     Genesis 1:7   41Question and Solution 3     1 Corinthians 15:44, 46   43Question and Solution 4     Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:8-24  44Question and Solution 5     Genesis 3:22   45Question and Solution 6     Genesis 3:6   47Question and Solution 7     Genesis 9:5-6   48Question and Solution 8     Genesis 18:2-9   50Question and Solution 9     Genesis 24:1-3, 9; 47:29-30  52Question and Solution 10   Genesis 23:9   53Question and Solution 11   Exodus 3:2; 19:18; Acts 2:3   54Question and Solution 12   1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; Hebrews 9:2-4; Exodus 25:1-40   55Question and Solution 13   1 Samuel 28:7-25; 1 Chronicles 10:13   56Question and Solution 14   1 Corinthians 13:1   58Question and Solution 15   Ephesians 3:18 59Question and Solution 16   Acts 17:28   61Question and Solution 17   2 Corinthians 11:25  62Question and Solution 18   1 Corinthians 15:9   63Question and Solution 19   1 Corinthians 6:18   64Question and Solution 20   On Jesus’ Whereabouts between the Resurrection and the Ascension   65Question and Solution 21   Matthew 4:11   66Question and Solution 22   On New Souls and Original Sin   67Question and Solution 23   John 8:42; 15:26   69Question and Solution 24   2 Corinthians 12:2-4   71Question and Solution 25   On God’s Grace and Free Will   74Question and Solution 26   Wisdom 11:21   75Question and Solution 27   Wisdom 19:17; Job 38:37   76Question and Solution 28   Genesis 2:6   77Question and Solution 29   Genesis 5:24; Sirach 44:16; Hebrews 11:5; 2 Kings 2:11; Sirach 48:13   78Question and Solution 30   1 Samuel 14:27   79Question and Solution 31   Matthew 15:18-19; Psalm 77:49   81Question and Solution 32   2 Corinthians 4:18   82Question and Solution 33   Matthew 5:22   83Question and Solution 34   On the Saints in Heaven and the Wicked in Hell   84Question and Solution 35   Luke 10:30-35; Matthew 22:1-14; 25:1-12   85Question and Solution 36   Luke 16:22-24   86Question and Solution 37   On the Life of Martin of Tours   87Question and Solution 38   On the Life of Nicholas   88Appendix 1:  The Questions as They Appear in Letter 19 of Guibert of Gembloux   89Appendix 2:  Table of Scriptural Passages and Topics   97Bibliography   100Scripture Index   107Topical Index   109

Anyone studying Hildegard's works and/or the various styles of textual interpretation in the Middle Ages will need to consult this small book and be grateful to Kienzle and her translators for their work which not only elucidates Hildegard's "range of exegetical knowledge and methods" for modern readers but also shows how she both used and transcended the categories and literary models used by the men of her times.Marianne Burkhard, OSB, St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, IL, American Benedictine Review