1 Introduction
Integumental Hermeneutics and Prescholastic Philosophy
Allegory, Language, and Cognition
Linking Allegorical Form to Allegorical Theory
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2 Vision and Explanation
Vision and Explanation
The Function of the Allegory
The Formal Interplay of Allegory and Allegoresis
Allegory and Symbol
References
3 Allegory as Form and Concept
Distinguishing Between Allegory and Allegoresis
Prejudiced Distinctions in Modern Theory
Blurred Distinctions in Medieval Hermeneutics
Interactions Between Allegoresis and Allegory
Allegory as Form: Figurative Language and Levels of Meaning
Metaphor
Pun
Personification
Metonymy
Allegory as Idea: A Vital Belief and Conceptions of Allegory
Language: Suprarealism and Self-Consciousness
Reality: Fabulism and Figuralism
Reversal of Values
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4 Exegetical Form: The Eccentric Exegesis of the Homilies
Creative Allegoresis in the Expositiones
Multiple Interpretations and Narrative Continuity
A Formal Definition for the Literal Level
A Narrative Definition for the Senses of Scripture
Creating a Narrative
Exegetical Method: The Miraculous Catch of Allegory?
The Allegoresis of the Expositiones and the Allegory of the Visions
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5 Allegorical form: Narrative, the Cosmos, and the End of Time
The Narrative of the Parables
The Reality of the Cosmos
The Textuality of Visionary Reality
The Reality of the Textual Cosmos
The End of Time
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6 Allegorical Cognition through Words
Hildegards Model of the Mind
Other Models of Cognition
The Circular Mind
Perceptions as Cognitive Agents
The Absence of Mental Images
The Essential Role of Words
The Promotion of Words Over Images
Hildegards Turn to Language
Exegetical Cognition
From Hermeneutics to Epistemology
Allegorical Creation from Exegetical Method
Glossing and Properties
Allegorical Handbooks
The Cognitive Dynamics of Reading Allegorically
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7 Allegorical Revelation through Prophecy
Allegorical Interpretation as an Essential Part of Revelation History
The Old, the New, and the Interpretation of Each
Allegory in Deeds and in Words
Veils and Illumination
Allegory and Forms of Prophecy
Clarity, Obscurity, and Hildegards Prophetic Goals
Different Kinds of Prophecy in Hildegards Works
Cognition and Forms of Visionary Experience
Augustines Theory of Vision
Hildegards Visio Spiritualis/Intellectualis
Augustines Cognitive Visions
The Continuity Between Vision and Cognition in Medieval Texts
Becoming a Prophet
The Prophet and the Reader
References
8 Beliefs about Language and the Construction of Allegorical Form
Allegorical Visions and Scripture
Exceptional Language and the Reference to Nature
Reversal of Allegory and Allegoresis
Allegorical Form and Truth
Allegorical Language
The Origin and Fall of Language
In Search of a Theological Language
A Sphere of Literary Symbolism?
Hildegards Faith in Language
Conclusion
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