Poetry in the Song of Songs :
Hunt, Patrick.
Poetry in the Song of Songs : a literary analysis / Patrick Hunt. - New York ; Oxford : Peter Lang, 2008. - xi, 368 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in biblical literature ; v. 96 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index.
Focus, history of the Song of Songs, hermeneutics and its lasting influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.
9780820481920 (hbk.) 0820481920 (hbk.) 9781433104657 (pbk.)
2006022452
Bible.--Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Hebrew poetry, Biblical--History and criticism.
Bible as literature.
BS1485.52 / .H6 2008
223.906
Poetry in the Song of Songs : a literary analysis / Patrick Hunt. - New York ; Oxford : Peter Lang, 2008. - xi, 368 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in biblical literature ; v. 96 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index.
Focus, history of the Song of Songs, hermeneutics and its lasting influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.
9780820481920 (hbk.) 0820481920 (hbk.) 9781433104657 (pbk.)
2006022452
Bible.--Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Hebrew poetry, Biblical--History and criticism.
Bible as literature.
BS1485.52 / .H6 2008
223.906