Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs (Ancient Israel and Its Literature)

Brian P. Gault

ISBN 10: 1628372478 / ISBN 13: 9781628372472

Editore: SBL Press, 2019

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• Titolo: Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs (Ancient Israel and Its Literature)
• Editore: SBL Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1628372478
• ISBN 13: 9781628372472
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Song of Songs contains some of the most exquisite yet enigmatic poetry in the Hebrew Bible. One of the chief difficulties in interpreting the Song’s lyrics is the unusual imagery used to depict the lovers’ bodies. Why is the maiden’s hair compared to a flock of goats (4:1), the man’s cheeks likened to garden beds of spice (5:13), and the eyes of both lovers described as doves (4:1; 5:12)? While scholars speculate on the significance of these images, a systematic inquiry into the Song’s body metaphors is curiously absent. Incorporating biblical and comparative data, this study seeks to uncover the meaning of these metaphors and explore their origins.