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Revelations of Divine Love (Oxford World's Classics) Kindle Edition

by Julian of Norwich (Author), Barry Windeatt (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well'

Julian of Norwich is one of the most celebrated figures of the English Middle Ages. She is esteemed as one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the period for her account of the revelations that she experienced in 1373. Julian lived as an anchoress in Norwich, and after recovering from a serious illness she described the visions that had come to her during her suffering. She conceived of a loving and compassionate God, merciful and forgiving, and believed in our ability to
reach self-knowledge through sin. She wrote of God as our mother, and embraced strikingly independent theological opinions.

This new translation conveys the poise and serenity of Julian's prose style to the modern reader. It includes both the short and long texts, written twenty years apart, through which Julian developed her ideas. In his introduction Barry Windeatt considers Julian's astonishingly positive vision of humanity and its potential for spiritual transformation.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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"Barry Windeatt's aim for this new critical edition of Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love is, he writes 'distinct' from its textual predecessors... Its reconstruction of that powerful and profound female voice is thus of considerable value and, in this way, this edition is a perhaps unsurpassable contribution to Julian scholarship." -- Laura Kalas Williams (University of Exeter), The Journal of English Studies Vol.99.2

"Barry Windeatt's edition of the Revelations is comprehensive, insightful and a major contribution to scholarship." - Times Literary Supplement

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Barry Windeatt, Professor of English and Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

Barry Windeatt has been Professor of English at the University of Cambridge since 2001. He is the author of Sources and Analogues of Chaucer's Dream Poetry (1982), Troilus and Criseyde: A New Edition of 'The Book of Troilus' (1984), and Oxford Guides to Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde (1992). He has translated Troilus and Criseyde (1998) and The Book of Margery Kempe (1985) for Oxford World Classics. Most recently, he has translated Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love for Oxford World Classics.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VH3T4OC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford; 1st edition (May 14, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 778 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0199641188
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Jaime GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ
5.0 out of 5 stars POORLY KNOWN AMONG NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019
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During the savage "100 Year War" Divine Intervention changed the course of History. If France had Joanne of Arc, England received Julian of Norwich. They were not the only ones and not all the related visions are known to us. Julian, because of her feminism and the very basic questions she posed about existence, is pure "food for the thought". Her understanding of religion was ahead of the pious and "pneumatic" attitudes of her time. Although her original writings were lost she probably had the language qualities which helped launch the first English writings of Chaucer. Maybe she wrote before him and also was a pioneer in this respect. She is no less than Theresa of Avila and both women complement each other coming from very different worlds. One was made a saint while the other did not fare so far. Luckily enough we are all saints when abiding by God's Will and public recognition or incesnse doesn't change this fact. If you desire a foresight of a world everlasting and Hope to withstand political decay in the US, Spain, Latin America, Asia, Africa or the Middle East read this book and try to understand in
Julian's revelation that "all will be well, in every manner well, all will be well".
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5.0 out of 5 stars A spiritual classic
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This seems a fine translation of Julian’s two versions of her revelations. Although she continually repeats that her messages are only for “all who shall be saved” it is hard to avoid the sense that they actually apply to the entire human race, Christian or not. Those words feel as if tacked on so as to appease the fundamentalists who might otherwise have condemned her. She all but denies the existence of hell, sin and damnation, and we are assured in her famous phrase, which she says was spoken to her by Jesus, “all shall be well.” Those words are for ALL
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Joel S.
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This book truly thrilled my soul. It brought me into a new depth of the love of Jesus and released greater revelation concerning the triune God. Wonderful!
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James G. Williams
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This classic work arrived promptly and in good condition. It is one of the greatest religious texts of the late medieval period, written or dictated by a humble, spiritual, and very intelligent woman.
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Elta Marie Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars As always, all is well.
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Good translation. Easy to read type size. Julian at her well best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The true first lady in all of English literature.
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The Queen, until Emily Dickinson came to challenge her.
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Janina Bourosu
5.0 out of 5 stars Beau livre
Reviewed in France on July 13, 2020
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Un livre très profond qui nous amène vers la connaissance de Dieu! Je l'ai adore!
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Maggie Blair
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully done book
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2017
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Beautifully done book, in her words. Everyone should read this book.
It tells of the love that is waiting for us and the love that we have here.
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H. A. Weedon
5.0 out of 5 stars Mother Julian is the True Wonder Woman.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2017
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Here we have s translation and notes by Barry Windeatt. There's an introduction, note on the text and translation and a select bibliography followed by translations of both the short and the long texts followed by two appendices: Appendix 1 lists the revelations in both short and long texts and Appendix 2 is in the form of an extract from 'The Book of Margery Kempe' chapter 18. Explanatory notes, index of scriptural references and a general index are also included. Some readers may find the print rather on the small side.

Besides being the most compassionate interpretation of the Christian message to be found anywhere, Mother Julian's interpretations also make the most sense in any day and age. The tragedy is that they have not been better heeded with even female clergy being content to parrot out the same old mantra that is so out of tune with things as they really are. Once when I mentioned to a female priest that I thought God is our Mother, she said he couldn't be because the bible states that he is just our Father. Oh dear! This attitude means that we should all believe in a flat earth with the sun going round it, because this is how the bible says it is. One thing I do know: there's nowhere in the bible where it says we should not, or must not, call God 'Mother'.

When Jesus was uttering the words of what is now known as 'The Lord's Prayer' is was just giving an example of how to pray when people make
up their own prayers and, since he was Jewish, he naturally thought 'Father.' But no one is forbidden from calling God 'Mother.' In any case, the universe is like a vast, self-regenerating womb, and I think Julian saw something such as this in her revelations. She understood the relationship between the very small and the very large, seeing the universe as being contained a hazel nut held in the palm of her hand. In the end, all will be well because the universe is made that way. It may well be intersected by rough roads, however, they all finally lead us to supreme truth as Julian expressed when she said: 'All shall be well, all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.'

The best religion is always a woman thing because women understand the oneness of everything whereas men tend to want to pigeon hole it all into separate parts. Fearing women, they have tried to pigeon hole them as well, forcing them to do such things as wearing high heels to work and behave as objects instead of real people. Not only did Mother Julian never wear high heels, she taught women to think clearly and not as mere adjuncts of the male ego.
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Rick
2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult Language
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The book may be good but I can't put up with struggling through the old language. I would purchase another version that's been rewritten in modern English.
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