Abstract
In A Revelation of Love, Julian of Norwich claims to have had a series of sixteen visions in May 1373 during which God, in the person of Jesus Christ, spoke to her in homely and friendly terms. This essay explores Julian’s strategies for representing divine speech in her book and identifies how their patterns express a developing relationship between her and God. It is contended that A Revelation implies that hearing, and talking with, God yields a communion that is characteristically human. For Julian, language is not merely a tool of communication; rather, it is the natural ground of community. Thus, the marked priority given to voice-hearing and speech in Julian’s visionary experience goes to the very heart of what is at stake in her faith in God. Talking with God deepens her personal relationship to God, and this is perfected ultimately in her full, personal and intimate friendship with Christ.
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