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brezaja's review against another edition
5.0
Rating it 5 stars for the ideas, her art, and the divine timing this subject matter came into my life. HOWEVER, looking at the other reviews, I realize I have to read about her from a more credible scholar. Definitely some interesting patriarchal bs happening at some parts, interspersed through her visions and rumination over her life. But other than that I am very intrigued by Hildegard of Bingen and will be researching her and her life a bit more deeply.
sonofstdavid's review against another edition
2.0
Completely unfaithful to the source material and a terrible translation and analysis of Saint Hildegard's theology. (It's not just me who's saying that, the scholarly consensus is that Fox is an academically dishonest translator)
Good "full scale" color reproductions of the medieval illuminations though.
Good "full scale" color reproductions of the medieval illuminations though.
katieraegordon's review against another edition
4.0
Great primer on an exceptionally cool nun. Matthew Fox compares her to 20th century figures and it shows just how prophetic she really was in the 12th century.
mollyreadsalot's review against another edition
3.0
This was one of the few books I could find about Hildegard von Bingen’s Illuminations in English. She’s a fascinating person and I wanted to dig more into this particular area of her creations. This book only gets 3 stars because it’s dense and contains a lot of terminology and concepts that are specific to Fox’s creation spirituality and Christian mysticism. The author spends about half of time talking about general aspects of mysticism and the other half actually explaining what’s going on in the art. I wish there was more explanation of the illuminations themselves.
teelight's review
2.0
I REALLY wanted to like this book. I tried very hard, but I just couldn't. It has nothing to do with the topic. Hildegard was an amazing woman. Her visions, art, and music really are treasures. This book though does something that personally rubs me the wrong way. It spends the entire book telling me what Hildegard thinks rather than showing me. This was the first book I ever read about Hildegard, and now that I'm more familiar with this saint I have even more trouble following some of the author's points. I can tell he is passionate about Hildegard. I just don't completely agree with some of his conclusions, or how he presents his arguments. I would have trouble recommending this to a friend.
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