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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture For info RE Jerome and the lion, see David Salter's _Holy and Noble Beasts_ both for his discussion and his (considerable) bibliography on Jeromiana. MG --- Theresa Gross-Diaz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Never occured to me! Maybe it does... but that's > exegesis of the legend then, not of the Bible... > TGD > >>> [log in to unmask] 02/21/03 10:59AM >>> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > So, does this shed light on the origins of the > legend of St Jerome and the > lion's paw, which, I understood, is metaphorically > related to chastity and > sexual restraint? > > > > "As I understand it, the reference to "feet" as a > euphemism for genitals was > fairly common ... > And since he was a scholar of Hebrew as well as of > the Bible, St Jerome > knew this and recognized that what was going on in > this passage of Ruth was > basically that Ruth was proposing to Boaz, and both > of them behave quite > respectably. Later medieval exegetes who did not > know Hebrew, did not pick > up on the double entendre, nor on Jerome's rather > delicate circumlocutions > about it (again, I am writng from memory, ...)..." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join > medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave > medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's > owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html