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...
| Основен автор: | Black, Fiona C. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York, NY :
T & T Clark,
℗♭2009.
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| Серия: |
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
392. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=378383 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Artifice of love. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : illustrations. |
| Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780567365651 0567365654 |