Meditations on the incarnation, passion, and death of Jesus Christ
By: Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg ; edited and translated by Lynne Tatlock.
Contributors: Tatlock, Lynne, 1950-
Series: The Other voice in early modern Europe; Other voice in early modern Europe
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780226864877; 9780226864891
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Passion -- Meditations; Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- Meditations; Incarnation -- Meditations
Genres: Meditations.
Work titles: Andächtigen Betrachtungen.
Description: "Read by Protestants and Catholics alike, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-94) was the foremost German woman poet and writer in the seventeenth-century German-speaking world. Privileged by her social station and education, she published a large body of religious writings under her own name to a reception unequaled by any other German woman during her lifetime. But once the popularity of devotional writings as a genre waned, Catharina's works went largely unread until scholars devoted renewed attention to them in the twentieth century." "For this volume, Lynne Tatlock translates for the first time into English three of the thirty-six meditations, restoring Catharina to her rightful place in print. These meditations foreground women in the life of Jesus Christ - including accounts of women at the Incarnation and the Tomb - and in Scripture in general. Tatlock's selections give the modern reader a sense of the structure and nature of Catharina's devotional writings, highlighting the alternative they offer to the male-centered view of early modern literary and cultural production during her day, and redefining the role of women in Christian history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Meditations on the passion and death of Jesus Christ; title: Most humble dedication; title: Prefatory remarks to the noble reader; title: On the supremely holy and supremely salvific suffering of Jesus: first meditation; title: On the supremely holy and supremely salvific suffering of Jesus: ninth meditation; title: On the supremely holy and supremely salvific suffering of Jesus: tenth meditation; title: On the supremely holy and supremely salvific suffering of Jesus: eleventh meditation; title: On the supremely holy and supremely salvific suffering of Jesus: twelfth meditation; title: II. Meditations on the incarnation of Jesus Christ; title: Most humble dedication; title: Prefatory remarks to the noble reader; title: Meditation on the incarnation of Christ; title: Meditation on the pregnancy of Mary.