"If you do not know yourself, O fairest among women": The Song of Solomon 1:8 according to Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Bernard of Clairvaux

Abstract

The paper analyzes the interpretation of the biblical line Ct 1,8 "If you do not know yourself, O fairest among women . . ." in the Septuagint and Vulgate, in Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Bernard of Clairvaux.

Keywords

• Song of Songs
• Medieval Exegesis
• Origen
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Bernard of Clairvaux