The Song of Songs : A Biography /

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An essential biography of the greatest love poem ever writtenThe Song of Songs has been embraced for centuries as the ultimate song of love. But the kind of love readers have found in this ancient poem is strikingly varied. Ilana Pardes invites us to explore the dramatic shift from readings of the S...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pardes, Ilana, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bible. > Song of Solomon.
Bible. > Old Testament.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Song of Solomon > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Draw me after you, let us run"
  • 1. The rise of allegory: from Rabbi Akiva to Origen
  • 2. Poets and kabbalists: from medieval Hebrew poetry to the Zohar
  • Monastic loves: from Saint Bernard to Santa Teresa
  • 4. Modern scholars and the quest for the literal Song: from J.G. Herder to Phyllis Trible
  • 5. The Song of America: from Walt Whitman to Toni Morrison
  • Epilogue: "Flee my lover and be like a deer or like a gazelle on the spice mountains."

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