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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture ---- Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > In any case, I presume even our medieval people didn't think dead children would be resurrected at age 33! ... (though nothing would suprise me...) > > This is EXACTLY the point made in "Pearl"! The Father encounters in a dream /vision his daughter who died as a child but the woman in his vision is an adult. He comments on this and the woman tells him, yes, it is so; she is his daughter. > > Still looking for the text! Presumably a young adult, rather than age 33 (which was quite elderly in those days!) The text is maddenly elliptical - he says 'more closely related to me than aunt or niece'. To me that suggests "sister" rather than "daughter". John Briggs ********************************************************************** 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