Psalmic Authority in the Life of a Twelfth-Century Holy Woman
Christina of Markyate and Psalm 37
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8862845 |
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| Authors | J D Sargan (0000-0001-7425-3877, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-83 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-838X • E-ISSN: 1744-4217 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0013838x.2016.1230326 |
| OpenAlex | W2552891372 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The turning point in The Life of Christina of Markyate comes when Christina safely escapes her forced marriage and is accepted into the religious community. In this moment Christina is found reading “five verses from the thirty-seventh psalm.” Here the link between the two texts is forged. This article will explore how what at first appears to be a simple intertextual connection in fact significantly informs the Vita’s narrative framework. Through this analysis, it will posit Psalm 37 as a possible model for aspects of The Life of Christina of Markyate, a text that has previously been characterised by its failure to adhere to the generic expectations of hagiography. In so doing it will show how Christina’s Life is itself used as a piece of psalmic exegesis; a didactic version of the psalm writ large
Art · Exegesis · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Point (geometry · Political science · Reading (process · Religious life · Writ · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Medieval Literature and History · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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