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“Your Dove-Eyes Among Your Hairlocks:” Language and Authority in Fray Luis De León's Respuesta Que Desde Su Prisón da a sus Émulos*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Luis M. Girón-Negrón
Luis M. Girón-Negrón*
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Harvard University
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Abstract

This essay examines a 16th-century classic of Spanish humanist apologetics: the extant portion of fray Luis de Ledn 's defense of his Spanish translation of the Song of Songs against the Inquisition. The analysis highlights a Christian hebraist's contribution to contemporary debates on the applicability of humanist philology to biblical scholarship. An English translation of fray Luis’ famous respuesta accompanies the article.

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Renaissance Quarterly , Volume 54 , Issue 4-Part1 , Winter 2001 , pp. 1197 - 1250
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Copyright © Renaissance Society of America 2001

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