Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

List of Illustrations xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

Foreword, Fr. John Kartje xv

Praefatio: Contemplating the Divine Son through the Four Senses of Sacred Scripture 1

I Exordium

1 "He Who Has Seen Me Has Seen the Father" 37

2 De Spiritu et Littera I: On the Necessity of the Four Senses 62

3 De Spiritu et Littera II: The Four Senses and the Soul's Ascenr to God 145

II Vetus Testamentum

Introductory Remarks 195

4 Contemplating the Face of the Brotherly Christ with Jacob (Genesis 31-33) 202

5 Contemplating the Face of the Glorious Christ with Moses (Exodus 33) 236

6 Contemplating the Face of the Suffering Christ with Isaiah (Isaiah 51-53) 266

7 Contemplating the Face of the Bridegroom Christ with the Shulamite (Song 4:1-5:1) 300

8 Contemplating the Face of the Merciful Christ with Job (Job 38-41) 351

III Finis

9 Finalis Meditatio Mea: The Face of Christ in the Old Testament 395

Bibliography 409

Index 431

About the Artist 435