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The Song of Songs and the fashioning of identity in early Latin Christianity /

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Karl Shuve offers a comprehensive analysis of the interpretation of the 'Song of Songs' in the Latin-speaking churches of late antiquity, showing how it was used by bishops and theologians to illuminate complex problems of identity in relation to liturgical practice, doctrinal definitions,...

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Main Author: Shuve, Karl (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford early Christian studies.
Subjects:
Bible. > Song of Solomon > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Song of Solomon
Bibel > Hoheslied
"Bible. > AT, > Cantique des cantiques"
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Exegese
Latein
Lateinische Kirchenväter
Rezeption
Spätantike
Theologie
Africa
Italien
Nordafrika
Spanien
30-600
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Karl Shuve offers a comprehensive analysis of the interpretation of the 'Song of Songs' in the Latin-speaking churches of late antiquity, showing how it was used by bishops and theologians to illuminate complex problems of identity in relation to liturgical practice, doctrinal definitions, and ideas about the body and sexuality.
Item Description: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191079207
0191079200
9780191821325
0191821322