Hildegard of Bingen (CWS): Scivias (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)) - Softcover

Hart, Mother Columba

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809131307 ISBN 13: 9780809131303

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1990

Synopsis

This work contains the twenty-six visions of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), who was the first of the great German mystics, as well as a poet and a prophet, a physician, and a political moralist.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Newman is Professor of English and Religion at Northwestern University. She is author of Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine and editor and translator of Hildegard of Bingen's Symphonia.

Hildegard of Bingen was born into a well-established noble family in Bermensheim and was given to the monastery as a young child. She became a nun and later founded her own convent at Ruperstberg. In addition to her visionary writings, she also composed liturgical music and was skilled in medicine. She was canonized after her death.

From the Back Cover:

In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, and Islamic traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0809131307
• ISBN 13: 9780809131303
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560