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The Cloud of Unknowing, written by an unknown 14th-century author, points out
that all we can know of God is slight; God is unknowable to our limited
intellect and thought. Only love can bridge the gap, assures this text—love like
an arrow of longing: simple, straightforward, and direct. In her retelling of
this classic, Elizabeth Obbard invites contemporary readers to explore the
subtleties of this classic text. This is one of a series of modern
interpretations of spiritual treatises, making the thoughts of great Christian
teachers from past centuries accessible to contemporary readers.
"You may have valued for many years the wisdom of the unknown 14th century
author who wrote The Cloud of Unknowing or you may have never opened its
pages—either way you will find, as I have, much of value in this book.... This
simplified version of The Cloud, which can, in some translations, be difficult,
is so accessible and yet it retains the profundity of the original classic book…
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