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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140446737

ISBN-139780140446739

eBay Product ID (ePID)1092169

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleRevelations of Divine Love

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicSpirituality, Meditations, Religious

FeaturesRevised

GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJulian of Julian of Norwich

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.5 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-199183

Notes bySpearing, A. C.

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentRevelations of Divine Love Introduction Further Reading Translator's Note Revelations of Divine Love Short Text Long Text Notes Appendix I: List of Showings Appendix II: Original Texts of the Revelations Appendix III: Margery Kempe's Meeting with Julian

SynopsisOne of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature After fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ's passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth-century anchorite and mystic, experienced a series of divine revelations. Through these 'showings', Christ's sufferings were revealed to her with extraordinary intensity, but she also received assurance of God's unwavering love for man and his infinite capacity for forgiveness. Written in a vigorous English vernacular, the Revelations are one of the most original works of medieval mysticism and have had a lasting influence on Christian thought. This edition of the Revelations contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology. Elizabeth Spearing's translation preserves Julian's directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thought. An introduction, notes and appendices help to place the works in context for modern readers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., Coming from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchorite of the great medieval city of Norwich, nevertheless uses her womanlines and the English vernacular of the day to describe a series of revelations which she received from God in the year 1373. She identifies the female nature of Christ's suffering and the motherhood of God, using images from domestic daily life, emphasizing the homeliness of God's love. She writes in a lively and unpretentious manner and her theology is precise without ever being pedantic.

LC Classification NumberBV4831.J813 1998