“Your Dove-Eyes Among Your Hairlocks:” Language and Authority in Fray Luis De León's Respuesta Que Desde Su Prisón da a sus Émulos
This essay examines a 16th-century classic of Spanish humanist apologetics: the extant portion of fray Luis de Ledn 's defense of his Spanish translation of the Song of Songs against the Inquisition. The analysis highlights a Christian hebraist's contribution to contemporary debates on the...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Renaissance quarterly 2001, Vol.54 (4-Part1), p.1197-1250 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This essay examines a 16th-century classic of Spanish humanist apologetics: the extant portion of fray Luis de Ledn 's defense of his Spanish translation of the
Song of Songs
against the Inquisition. The analysis highlights a Christian hebraist's contribution to contemporary debates on the applicability of humanist philology to biblical scholarship. An English translation of fray Luis’ famous
respuesta
accompanies the article. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-4338 1935-0236 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1261971 |