tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646849694108904511.post3649686658914549421..comments2024-02-26T13:49:48.059-06:00Comments on Great Books KC: SCHEDULE FOR 2010Clif Hostetlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652526880912362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646849694108904511.post-70420213167434429182010-01-14T08:56:28.777-06:002010-01-14T08:56:28.777-06:00CORRECTION TO MY PREVIOUS COMMENT (posted above).
...CORRECTION TO MY PREVIOUS COMMENT (posted above).<br />Text of Revelations of Divine Love is available on-line at:<br /><strong><a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/julian/revelations.html" rel="nofollow">Link to TEXT</a></strong><br />Long form of link:<br />http://www.ccel.org/ccel/julian/revelations.htmlClif Hostetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652526880912362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646849694108904511.post-76009438795335893072009-12-18T10:55:03.725-06:002009-12-18T10:55:03.725-06:00I can imagine that when some people look over the ...I can imagine that when some people look over the reading schedule they will wonder who Julian of Norwich is (the author of <i>Revelations of Divine Love)</i>. That work was selected to fill the slot of a work by a female author. It is believed that <i>Revelations of Divine Love</i> is the <b>first book written by a woman in the English language</b>. It was originally written in Middle English, so we are reading modern English translations of her writing. There are not very many copies available through the libraries, so I suggest purchase of used paperback copies which are quite cheap on Amazon.com. Project Gutenberg doesn't have a copy. Unfortunately, she is not widely known, at least I had never heard of her before. So I have collected the following short description of her and the book, <i>Revelations of Divine Love</i>.<br />____________<br />Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is thought of as one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. Even her name is uncertain, the name "Julian" coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she was an anchoress (a type of hermit living in a cell attached to the church, engaged in contemplative prayer). At the age of 30, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ. (They ended by the time she overcame her illness on May 13, 1373.) She recorded these visions soon after having them, and then again twenty years later in far more theological depth. They are the source of her major work, called <i>Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love</i> (circa 1393). This is believed to be the first book written by a woman in the English language. Julian became well known throughout England as a spiritual authority.Clif Hostetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652526880912362noreply@blogger.com