Perspectives on the song of songs : Perspektiven der Hoheliedauslegung / herausgegeben von Anselm C. Hagedorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hagedorn, Anselm C.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 346.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 346

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Perspektiven der Hoheliedauslegung

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An anthology of interdisciplinary essays on the interpretation of the Song of Songs, incorporating exegetical, cultural historical and classical studies to locate the work in its ancient context.

Sammlung interdisziplinärer Aufsätze zur Hoheliedinterpretation aus den Bereichen Exegese, Kulturwissenschaft und Klassische Philologie, die das biblische Buch in seinem Kontext verorten.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

I. Biblical Perspectives

The Canonicity of the Song of Songs / Barton, John

Does the Song of Songs have any connections to wisdom? / Dell, Katharine J .

Late Linguistic Features in the Song of Songs / Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W.

The Poetic Genius of the Song of Songs / Exum, J. Cheryl

The Book of Canticles (Song of Songs) in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Flint, Peter W.

II. Comparative Perspectives

Searching for a common background: Egyptian love poetry and the Biblical Song of Songs / Loprieno, Antonio

Kursorisches zur Konstruktion liebender Körper im pharaonischen Ägypten / Münch, Hans-Hubertus / Moers, Gerald

Le Cantique des Cantiques et l'Egypte pharaonique. Etat de la question / Vernus, Pascal

"Kundbarr werde mir deine Sehnsucht ...". Eros und Liebe im Alten Orient / Hecker, Karl

Themes of Female Desire and Self-Assertion in the Song of Songs and Hellenistic Poetry / Burton, Joan B.

Jealousy and Desire at Night. Fragmentum Grenfellianum and Song of Songs / Hagedorn, Anselm C.

'Sweet Talk'. Song of Songs and the Traditions of Greek Poetry / Hunter, Richard

Zum Werden des Lyrischen. Am Beispiel des Hohenliedes und frühgriechischer Lyrik / Müller, Hans-Peter

III. Later Perspectives

Pigs in the Camps and the Breasts of my Lambs. Song of Songs in the Syriac Tradition / Salvesen, Alison

Middle High German Appropriations of the Song of Songs: Allegorical Interpretation and Narrative Extrapolation / Volfing, Annette

Lieder der Liebe. Herders Hohelied-Interpretation / Gaier, Ulrich

'Do not awaken love until it is ready'. George Seferis' Asma Asmaton and the translation of intimacy / Güthenke, Constanze

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110897012

3110897016

OCLC:

979830133