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Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things.With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, Sister of Wisdom is a landmark book in womens studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.
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Sister of Wisdom : St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine
author
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Newman, Barbara.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
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0520211626
print isbn13
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9780520211629
ebook isbn13
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9780585112961
language
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English
subject
Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179, Women--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
publication date
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1997
lcc
:
BX4700.H5N48 1997eb
ddc
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230.2092
subject
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Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179, Women--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Page i
Sister of Wisdom
Page ii
Frontispiece. Caritas as "supreme and fiery force." Divine Love, holding the Lamb of God, tramples upon discord and the devil. Below, Hildegard receives fire from heaven and transcribes her visions on wax tablets; one of her nuns assists her and the monk Volmar copies the text into a book. De operatione Dei I.1, Lucca, Biblioteca Statale, Cod. lat. 1942. Courtesy of Biblioteca Statale di Lucca.
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Sister of Wisdom
St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine
Barbara Newman
With a New Preface, Bibliography, and Discography
University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles
Page iv
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
1987 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1989
The Library of Congress has cataloged the previous printing of this book as follows:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Newman, Barbara, 1953 Sister of wisdom.
Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Hildegard, Saint, 10981179. 2. Woman (Christian theology)History of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 6001500. I. Title. BX4700.H5N48 1987 230'.2'0924 86-16094 ISBN 0-520-06615-4
ISBN 0-520-21162-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Printed in the United States of America
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The Northwestern University Research Grants Committee has provided partial support for the publication of this book. The University of California Press gratefully acknowledges this assistance.
The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of American Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Say to Wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend. Proverbs 7:4
O form of woman, sister of Wisdom, how great is your glory! Hildegard of Bingen on the Virgin Mary
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Contents
Illustrations
ix
Abbreviations
xi
Preface (1997)
xv
Preface (1987)
xix
1. "A Poor Little Female"
1
Biographical Sketch
4
Survey of Hildegard's Works
15
Theology and the Problem of Feminine Authority
34
2. The Feminine Divine
42
Theophany and the Bride of God
46
The Mirror of Providence, the Virgin Spring, and the Tree of Life
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