Lectio Divina: The Medieval Experience of Reading
Overview
During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina-the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, savored in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader’s own religious life. The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. Victor and the Carthusian Guigo II; it also includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs. This study brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism.
- Focuses on the rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings
- Includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs
- Brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism
- Chapter One: Scholarly Contexts: Ressourcement and Research
- Chapter Two: The Interpretation of the Scriptures
- Chapter Three: Reading and Meditation
- Chapter Four: Reading into Writing
- Chapter Five: The Extension of Meditation
- Chapter Six: Reading the Song of Songs
- Chapter Seven: The Twelfth-Century Integration
- Chapter Eight: The Book of Experience
This is an excellent book quite suited to a serious reader and devotee of the subject. It is refreshing to see such a seminal book published in a market where the breezy and superficial so often garners attention. The author has worked with the leading authorities and resources on the subject, and articulated them in a very comprehensible and coherent manner. Nothing less than a must read for serious students of lectio divina.
Karl A. Schultz, Author of How to Pray with the Bible
- Title: Lectio Divina: The Medieval Experience of Reading
- Author: Duncan Robertson
- Series: Cistercian Studies Series
- Volume: 238
- Publisher: Liturgical Press
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Books and reading › Religious aspects--Christianity--History--To 1500
- ISBNs: 9780879072049, 9780879072384, 0879072040, 0879072385
- Resource ID: LLS:LPLECTIODIVINA
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:15:38Z