Bernard McGinn

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1. Bernard McGinn

   Author of The Foundations of Mysticism (Presence of God: a History of Western Christian Mysticism Vol. 1) (v1), Apocalyptic Spirituality (Classics of Western Spirituality), The Growth of Mysticism: Gregory the Great Through the 12 Century (The Presence of God) (v. 2)

2. Robert Alter

   Author of The Art of Biblical Narrative, Genesis: Translation and Commentary, The Art of Biblical Poetry

3. Jeffrey Burton Russell

   Author of The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (Cornell Paperbacks), Satan: The Early Christian Tradition, Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages (Cornell Paperbacks)

4. St. Bernard of Clairvaux

   Author of Selected Works, Sermons on the Song of Songs I, Sermons on the Song of Songs III

5. Jaroslav Pelikan

   Author of Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture, Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages, Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture

6. Origen

   Author of Origen: An Exortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works, Origen Spirit and Fire: A Thematic Anthology of His Writings, The Song of Songs: Commentary and Homilies

7. Elaine Pagels

   Author of The Gnostic Gospels, The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

8. Jill Raitt

   Author of Christian Spirituality: High Middle Ages and Reformation

9. Meister Eckhart

   Author of Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense (Classics of Western Spirituality), Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)

10. Simon Tugwell

    Author of Early Dominicans: Selected Writings (The Classics of Western Spirituality), Albert and Thomas: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)

11. James Kugel

    Author of The Bible As It Was, How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now, Early Biblical Interpretation (Library of Early Christianity, Vol 3)

12. G. E. H. Palmer

    Author of The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1); Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Markarios of Corinth, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 2): Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth, The Philokalia, Volume 4: The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth

13. Northrop Frye

    Author of Anatomy of Criticism, The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

14. Arthur Green

    Author of Jewish Spirituality: From the Bible Through the Middle Ages, Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl: Upright Practices, The Light of the Eyes, Jewish Spirituality: From the Sixteenth-Century Revival to the Present

15. Robin Lane Fox

    Author of Pagans and Christians, The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible

16. Henri de Lubac

    Author of Medieval Exegesis : The Four Senses of Scripture: Volume 1, Medieval Exegesis : The Four Senses of Scripture: Volume 2

17. John Dominic Crossan

    Author of The Historical Jesus, Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus

18. John Van Engen

    Author of Devotio Moderna: Basic Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)

19. Louis Dupre

    Author of Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern

20. Dionysius the Areopagite

    Author of Pseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)