The Showings of Julian of Norwich: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

Her Chaucerian English as she wrote it, with a glossary and footnotes to help you through the parts of the language that have changed a lot. This original goes perfectly with a warming modern version like  The Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New Translation .

For the first half of the book comprising Julian's message, I would havegiven 5 points, but the appendices are not on this level.Julian's text is original and definitely inspiring. The way she deals withChurch dogma is ingenious, as she never denies it but makes credible state-ments that transcend Church teaching without denying it.She is, as far as I can know, a genuine mystic who experienced bona-fide"private revelations" that enrich a reader's spirituality despite the timegap of more than six centuries. The 14th-century English is not always easyto uinderstand in depth, but the effort is very worthwhile.Her statements on Christ, the Trinity, the soul and redemption are master-pieces of lay theology.

this is a great religious book. Julian of Norwich asked God to suffer more inorder to see him and understand him and this is her story. I cannot imagine living like she did but she was doing it to be'closer to God.' I think that once you overcome the difficulties of the book (it's in mad crazy old english) that it is a good book.

translations are good but there is nothing besides the original text. Worth spending the time to grapple with the middle English.

St Julian of Norwich, a woman who took her name from the Norwich Church where she was enclosed as an anchorite in the 15th Century, is an important example of a medieval mystic. Her visions and the morals she drew from them are given in Middle English, the same language as Chaucer, and not difficult to read.

great

Das Buch an sich ist sicher gut gemacht, es wird viel Wert auf die unverfälschte Wiedergabe der Originaltexte gelegt. Obwohl ich ein sehr hohes Englischniveau habe (B2), regelmäßig englische Literatur lese und die Inhalte mir auch nicht fremd sind, war es durch das mittelalterliche Englisch mit eigenwilliger Rechtschreibung sehr anstrengend zu lesen. Daher habe ich beschlossen, lieber eine nicht ganz so originale, dafür aber auch Ausländern verständliche englische Fassung zu lesen. Für einen Deutschen ist originale mittelalteralterliche Literatur schon schwer zu lesen, für einen Ausländer fast unmöglich.Fazit: Sicher ein recht gutes Buch, sicherlich eine gute Absicht, aber da sollte ein Warnhinweis weger der nicht mehr gebräuchlichen Sprache draustehen...

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