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Oxford early Christian studies
Oxford early Christian studies. ^A324317
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| Contents |
Part I: The Song of Songs in North Africa and Spain. "A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed": the church as closed community in Cyprian and the Donatists -- "As a lily among the thorns": the church as mixed community in Pacian, Tyconius, and Augustine -- "The church is the flesh of Christ": the Tractatus de Epithalamio of Gregory of Elvira -- Part II: The Song of Songs in Italy. "Like the holy church, unsullied by intercourse": Ambrose, virgins, and the Song -- "For souls know not covenants of wedlock": ascetic ideology and mystical theology in Ambrose's later works -- "This book contains the mysteries of virginity": Jerome and the making of ascetic community -- Epilogue: Towards Medieval exegesis. |
| General note | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2010 under title: Song of Songs in the early Latin Christian tradition : a study of the Tractatus de Epithalamio of Gregory of Elvira and its context. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015949825 |
| ISBN | 0198766440 |
| ISBN | 9780198766445 |
