Gregory of Nyssa on Virginity, Gardens, and the Enclosure of the Paradeisos
The custom of calling an asceticu particularly a virgin woman garden enclosed is well attested in early Christian literature. When analyzing the sources that employ the expression, scholars regularly remark on the meaning evoked from Song of Songs, the biblical intertext whence the phrase derives. I...
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| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2019]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-131 |
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Gregory of Nyssa 335-394
/ Bible. Hoheslied 4,12
/ Virginity
/ Garden (Motif)
/ Garden design
/ Priapos
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| IxTheo Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |