Sister of Wisdom
Author: Barbara Newman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1998-01-20
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 052092018X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBarbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things. With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, Sister of Wisdom is a landmark book in women's studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.