Eros and allegory : medieval exegis of the Song of Songs /

Turner, Denys, 1942-,

Eros and allegory : medieval exegis of the Song of Songs / [print] by Denys Turner. - Kalamazoo, Michigan ; Spencer, Massachusetts : Cistercian Publications, (c)1995. - 471 pages ; 22 cm. - Cistercian studies series ; no. 156 . - Cistercian studies series ; no. 156. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why Eros? -- Eros and ecstasy -- Pseudo-Denys and the Latin song commentators -- Eros and allegory -- The logic of typology -- From allegory to imagery -- John of the cross and the Latin tradition.



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Bible.--Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

BS1485.T945.E767 1995