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Author Black, Fiona C.

Title The artifice of love : grotesque bodies in the Song of songs / Fiona C. Black
Published London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : illustrations
Series Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 392
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 392.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Contents The problem of the body in the Song of songs -- Uncovering the grotesque body -- Revealed and concealed : the grotesque body in the Song of songs -- On reading the grotesque (erotically)
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and indexes
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SUBJECT Bible. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Song of Solomon fast
Bibel Hoheslied gnd
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. ram
Subject Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Leiblichkeit
Das Groteske
Erotik
Corps humain dans la Bible.
Corps humain -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009464104
ISBN 9780567365651
0567365654
1283197170
9781283197175
9786613197177
6613197173