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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Colleagues, You might find the following also helpful : Kevin James Magill, Julian of Norwich: Mystic or Visionary? (London : Routledge, 2005). Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture 4. In this work Magill, among other things, discusses the imaginative and visual approach of Julian's method of pedagogy. This perhaps might explain why she often uses a more image-based presentation of biblical learning rather than a purely textual employment of biblical citations. Best wishes, Carolyn Cate Gunn wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Julian was of course writing at a time of anxiety about lay > appropriation and interpretation of the scriptures – she was > undoubtedly cautious in what she wrote in case she was accused of > Lollardy. > > Vincent Gillespie in his essay in the recent _/Companion to Julian of > Norwich/_ (pub. D. S. Brewer) suggests that her use of the scriptures > may be a form of _/lectio divina/_, and he refers to pp. 131-2 of > Colledge & Walsh’s edition of the Book of Showings. The new edition of > her writings, ed. Nicholas Watson and Jacqueline Jenkins has thorough > notes and an extensive bibliography which may be of use. > > Cate > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval > religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf > Of *Suzanne Hevelone > *Sent:* 12 March 2009 18:46 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [M-R] Julian of Norwich and the Scriptures > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture Hello Everyone, > > I'm trying to help someone working on Julian of Norwich. She was > asking me about Julian's lack of scriptural citations, and I'm not > sure how to direct her. I know scriptures would have been read in > Latin within the service, but beyond that I'm at a loss. Here are her > questions in case anyone else knows how to help. > > I am wondering about Julian's choice (?) never to quote scripture in > her text. You can make the argument that she references scripture, but > she never makes a direct quotation. I was wondering if, when other > writers of her time, quote the Bible, they typically did so in Latin. > Or when sermons were given in the vernacular, was scripture then > quoted in Latin? Did people writing or speaking in the vernacular > avoid the direct quotation of Scripture in order to avoid using Latin? > > Thanks in advance. > > Suzanne > > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: > 03/13/09 05:59:00 > > ********************************************************************** > 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 -- Dr Carolyn Muessig Department of Theology and Religious Studies School of Humanities University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TB UK Phone: +44.(0)117.928.7763 Fax: +44.(0)117.331.7933 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.bristol.ac.uk/thrs/ ********************************************************************** 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