Richard Rolle‘s Commentary on the Song of Songs and Patristic and Medieval Sources of His Interpretation of the Verse oleum effusum nomen tuum Cover Image

Komentář na Velepíseň Richarda Rolleho a patristické a středověké zdroje jeho výkladu verše oleum effusum nomen tuum
Richard Rolle‘s Commentary on the Song of Songs and Patristic and Medieval Sources of His Interpretation of the Verse oleum effusum nomen tuum

Author(s): Lucie Rathouzská
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Philosophy, Biblical studies, Systematic Theology
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: Allegorical Exegesis; Song of Songs; Origene; Gregory of Nyssa; Gregory the Great; Bernard of Clairvaux; Richard Rolle;

Summary/Abstract: Song of Songs 1, 2 according to the Vulgate says oleum effusum nomen tuum. Patristic and medieval commentators allegorically interpreted this verse as Jesus’s name spreading throughout the world like oil poured out from an open flask. In this study, I focus on the interpretation of oleum effusum nomen tuum by the English theologian Richard Rolle and the sources of his interpretation in patristic and medieval commentaries. In Rolle’s mystical interpretation, the oil represents love pouring into the human soul, allowing one to comprehend divinity while preserving the unknowability of God.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 35-51
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech
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