Sex, allegory and censorship: A reconsideration of medieval commentaries on the Song of Songs

Distinguishes between Origen's explicit allegorising and S. Augustine's declaredly literal reading of the 'Canticum Canticorum', and traces continuity from Origen through to the medieval 'Glossa ordinaria' (International Medieval Bibliography).

Bibliographic Details
Author:Mary Dove
Published: S.n., s.l., 1996
Volume:10
Pages:317-328
Periodical:Literature and theology
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Greek Christian writers > Origen - Origenists
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse des textes de l'Ancien Testament] > Song of Songs
Status:Active