Hildegard of Bingen: Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions

Perhaps the least studied of Hildegard of Bingen's writings, *Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions* is translated in this volume into English for the first time from the original Latin. In this work of exegesis, Hildegard (1098-1179) resolves thorny passages of Scripture, theological questions, and two issues in hagiographic texts. *Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions* joins Hildegard's *Homilies on the Gospels*, which were directed to her nuns, as evidence of the seer's exegetical writing as well as her authority as an exegete. The twelfth-century saint wrote in standard genres of exegesis-homilies and *solutiones*-and her interpretations of Scripture were widely sought, including by male audiences.