Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. The Vulgate Text of the Song of Songs xv
6. Chapter One. Introduction to the Genre 1
7. Chapter Two. Hidden Origins: The Legacy of Alexandria 20
8. Chapter Three. The Key to the Code: Allegory and the Song of Songs 49
9. Chapter Four. The Song of Songs as the Changing Portrait of the Church 86
10. Chapter Five. The Marriage of the Soul 123
11. Chapter Six. The Woman Who is the All: The Virgin Mary and the Song of Songs 151
12. Chapter Seven. The Genre as Trope: The Song of Songs in Vernacular Literature 178
13. Conclusion 201
14. Appendix: Latin Commentary on the Song of Songs to 1200 203
15. Index of Biblical References 211
16. Index of Manuscripts 214
17. Index of Modern Scholars 216
18. General Index 221