In Hildegard of Bingen, Gospel Interpreter, Beverly Mayne Kienzle
presents and acquaints readers with Hildegard's fifty-eight
Homilies on the Gospels a dazzling summa of her theology and the
culmination of her visionary insight and scriptural knowledge. Part
one probes how a twelfth-century woman became the only known female
Gospel interpreter of the Middle Ages. It includes an examination
of Hildegard's epistemology how she received her basic theological
education and how she extended her knowledge through divine
revelations and intellectual exchange with her monastic network.
Part two expounds on several of Hildegard's homilies, elucidating
the theological brilliance that emanates from the creative exegesis
she shapes to develop profound, interweaving themes. Hildegard
eschewed the linear, repetitive explanations of her predecessors
and created an organically coherent body of thought, rich with
interconnected spiritual symbols. Part three deals with the
wide-ranging reception of Hildegard's works and her inspiring
legacy, extending from theology to medicine. Her prophetic voice
resounds in the morally urgent areas of creation theology and the
corruption of church and political leadership. Hildegard decries
human disregard for the earth and its lust for power. Instead, she
advocates the unifying capacity of nature, "viridity," that fosters
the interconnectedness of all creation.
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