Divine Sophia

Cornell University Press

2009

xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index

9780801447297

Part I. Who is Solovyov and what is Sophia? -- -- Part II. The wisdom writings of Solovyov : annotated translations. 1. Early Sophianic poems -- 2. The Sophia : A "mystical-theosophical-philosophical-theurgical-political" dialogue -- 3. Sophia in philosophical prose -- 4. "At the dawn of misty youth" : a semiautobiographical short story -- 5. The White Lily : Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God (A Mystery-Jest in Three Acts) -- 6. Three Encounters : Final Poema

This personification of wisdom with golden hair and a radiant aura echoes both the eternal feminine and the world soul. Rooted in Christian and Jewish mysticism, Eastern Orthodox iconography, Greek philosophy, and European romanticism, the Sophiology that suffuses Solovyov's philosophical and artistic works is both intellectually sophisticated and profoundly inspiring. Judith Deutsch Kornblatt brings together key texts from Solovyov's writings about Sophia: poetry, fiction, drama, and philosophy, all extensively annotated and some available in English for the first time (with assistance from the translators Boris Jakim and Laury Magnus

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