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This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., a hermeneutics that takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is a suitable lens for the study of mysticism. It uses the concept of travail of the negative, which focuses on the dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith
Edda Wolff
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The Knightly Brothers of Bernard of Clairvaux and the Twelfth‐Century Cistercian Lay Monk*
Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (r. 1115–1153) was a prominent twelfth‐century religious leader whose knightly family collectively converted to monastic life with him in adulthood around 1113. Following Clairvaux's foundation in 1115, Bernard's brothers held roles of significant estate seniority despite their own professional limitations as newly converted ...
Joseph Millan‐Cole
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Re‐examining Hrabanus Maurus’ letter on incest and magic
This article offers a reanalysis of Hrabanus’ mid‐ninth‐century text De magicis artibus. Often read and studied as a complete work, the De magicis artibus is in fact one portion of a longer text that also discusses incest and marriage practices. Furthermore, the single surviving copy of the text is deliberately attached to another work by Hrabanus, his
Matthew B. Edholm
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Artykuł prezentuje tłumaczenie części dziesiątej drugiej księgi traktatu De sacramentis christianae fidei Hugona ze Świętego Wiktora (ur. ok. 1096, zm. 1141), poświęconej zagadnieniu symonii (De simonia).
Łukasz Libowski
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The Animalistic Gullet and the Godlike Soul: Reframing Sacrifice in Midrash Leviticus Rabbah [PDF]
This article proposes an analysis of two homiletic units in the Palestinian Midrash Leviticus Rabbah, which revolve around biblical chapters pertaining to sacrifices.
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This article addresses Salvian of Marseille’s treatise on God’s governance (De gubernatione Dei), one of the most important sources for the Germanic peoples’ period of migration at the beginning of the fifth century. It focuses in particular on Salvian’s critique of public entertainment, in the middle of Book VI.
Jonathan Stutz
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Literalising Metaphor in the Poetry of Robert Southwell☆
Abstract This article focuses on a distinctive feature of Robert Southwell's poetic technique, namely, his approach to metaphor. I argue that a number of Southwell's metaphors have a surprisingly literal quality where their vehicles are given greater prominence than their tenors.
Conor McKee
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The lost Missal of Alcuin and the Carolingian sacramentaries of Tours
Letters of Alcuin of York attest that he composed a liturgical book he called a ‘missal’ while he was abbot of St Martin's basilica in Tours. No manuscripts of this missal survive. It has to be recovered from much later sacramentaries copied in Tours, which have been subject to significant subsequent reworking.
Arthur Westwell
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Dzieje patrystyki w środowisku krakowskim (Zarys)
Dai ultimi anni XIV secolo, alla corte della santa regina Hedvige, si possono trovare le radici degli studi sui Padri nel nostro ambiente. Ma la storia della patrologia e collegata con la storia dell’Accademia di Cracovia.
Jan W. Żelazny
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Digital Greek Patristic Catena (DGPC). A brief presentation [PDF]
The project is to develop a database, which is planned to include all available information on the use of the Bible in the patristic works of Migne's Patrologia Graeca.
Athanasios Paparnakis +1 more
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