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Body as landscape, love as intoxication : conceptual metaphors in the Song of songs /
The Song of Songs contains some of the most exquisite yet enigmatic poetry in the Hebrew Bible. One of the chief difficulties in interpreting the Song's lyrics is the unusual imagery used to depict the lovers' bodies. Why is the maiden's hair compared to a flock of goats (4:1), the ma...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Atlanta :
SBL Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Ancient Israel and its literature ;
Number 36 |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- A lock with no key? Body metaphors in the Song of Songs
- Missing key: A conceptual-comparative approach
- I am: Poems of self-description
- Nature as erotica: Sexual euphemism and double-entendre
- Anatomy of a rose: Praise for the female body
- Outstanding among ten thousand: An ode to the male body
- Conclusions: Method, metaphor, beauty, and unity.