Espousal of the Impoverished Bride in Early Franciscan Hagiography and the Kabbalah of Gerona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3974641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Phillip Brown (University of Notre Dame, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279-305 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2710 • E-ISSN: 1545-6935 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/717690 |
| OpenAlex | W4280627772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article examines the deep structural affinities between early Franciscan hagiography and the kabbalah of Gerona through a comparative analysis of how both domains of knowledge valorize the espousal of an impoverished divine bride—Domina Paupertas, or Lady Poverty in the case of the Franciscans and shekhinah, the female divine presence in the case of the kabbalists. Analysis focuses on gender as a key element in the construction of divine economy in both corpora, concentrating primarily on writings produced in the second quarter of the thirteenth century. The materials surveyed here include various anonymous kabbalistic sources, writings of Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona, the anonymous Sacrum Commercium Beati Francisci cum Domina Paupertate and Thomas of Celano’s Memoriale in desiderio anime. This comparative case study sheds new light on old questions regarding the function of interreligious acculturation between Judaism and Christianity, generally, and kabbalists and Franciscans, in particular
Acculturation · Archaeology · Art · Bride · Christianity · Jewish mysticism · Judaism · Kabbalah · Literature · Mysticism · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Theology · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · History · Medieval and Early Modern Iberia · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |