Lo sposo post parietem domus suae nell’esegesi ambrosiana: fonti e fortuna

Ambrose uses the image of the Song of Songs 2,9, where the groom is behind the wall of his house looking through the windows, as an example of the preparatory function of the Law to the Gospel. Adopting Origen’s exegesis, the bishop of Milan explains the house as the Old Testament where the bride sees great treasures whose value she does not understand; standing behind the wall, Christ calls the Church to rise through the Law and the Prophets to the Gospel, trampling on the nets and the knots of the Jewish interpretation.