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The artifice of love : grotesque bodies in the Song of songs /
The lovers' expressions of mutual affection and desire in the Song of Songs include intimate and detailed poetic descriptions of the body. These are challenging to interpret because the imagery used is cryptic, drawing on seemingly incongruous aspects of nature, architecture and war. Biblical s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
T & T Clark,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
392. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The lovers' expressions of mutual affection and desire in the Song of Songs include intimate and detailed poetic descriptions of the body. These are challenging to interpret because the imagery used is cryptic, drawing on seemingly incongruous aspects of nature, architecture and war. Biblical scholarship frequently expresses some discomfort or embarrassment over this language, yet largely maintains the view that it should be interpreted positively as a complimentary and loving description of the body. If read without this hermeneutic, however, the imagery appears to construct nonsensical and r. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567365651 0567365654 1283197170 9781283197175 9786613197177 6613197173 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |