The Song of Songs
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The Song of Songs

Riddle of Riddles

  1. 136 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Song of Songs

Riddle of Riddles

About this book

The Hebrew Bible is religious literature, the fundamental interest of which lies in the relations between humankind, especially the people of Israel, and God. The Song of Songs, on the other hand, is interested in the relations between men and women. In this volume Yair Zakovitch examines the presence of the Song of Songs in the Hebrew Bible, and questions how this enigmatic collection of poetic writings came to be within the Bible. Zakovitch poses and addresses a range of enticing questions in the eight chapters of this volume, including: what does this erotic poetry have to do with Israel's formative texts? What do the poems tell us about gender relations in those years, and about early Israel's attitudes towards beauty, love, women, and sex? Do we finally get to hear women's voices in the Song, where the rest of the Bible gives a male perspective? How, despite our astonishment, is the Song of Songs nonetheless intrinsically biblical? What does it have in common with the Bible's other books? Was the allegorical interpretation of the Song just an excuse in order to include the book in Scripture?

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780567693969
eBook ISBN
9780567676146
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Translator’s Note
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: On Love and Beauty—The Complex Relations between the Song of Songs and Biblical Narrative
  9. Chapter 2: “Keep your Thousand, Solomon!” (Song 8:12): A History of the Tradition of Solomon’s Thousand Wives
  10. Chapter 3: Song of Songs—Riddle of Riddles
  11. Chapter 4: Thrice Asked “Who is She” in Song of Songs
  12. Chapter 5: A Poetic Portrait: A Study of Song of Songs 6:4-10
  13. Chapter 6: Real or Imagined? A Woman’s Dream in Song of Songs 5:2–6:3
  14. Chapter 7: “A Woman of Valor (א שת חיל)” Prov. 31:10-31—A Conservative’s Response to Song of Songs
  15. Chapter 8: When Did the Allegorical Interpretation of the Song Begin?
  16. List of Abbreviations
  17. Index of Subjects
  18. Index of References