Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and indexes.
Introduction: Methodological presuppositions -- A hermeneutical problem -- Thesis -- Excursus -- Origen's readin of Son of songs -- Plain sense, allegory, and Midrash -- Eros and society -- Metaphor and intertextuality -- Song of songs and prophetic literature -- Song of songs and prophetic literature -- The enigma of sexuality seen by a female author -- Irreverence and defiance -- Summary and conclusion -- Canticle 1 -- Canticle 2 -- Canticle 2.1-7 / 83; Canticle 2.8-15 / 87; Canticle 2.16-17 / 90 -- Canticle 3-- Canticle 3.1-5 / 93; Canticle 3.6-11 / 96 -- Canticle 4-- Canticle 4.1-7 / 103; Canticle 4.8-16 / 107 -- Canticle 5 -- Canticle 5.1 / 114; Canticle 5.2-8 / 116; Canticle 5.9-16 / 121 -- Canticle 6 -- Canticle 6.1-3 / 127; Canticle 6.4-11 / 129; Canticle 6.12-13a[7.1a] / 137; Canticle 6.13b[7.1b] / 143; Postscriptum / 150 -- Canticle 7 -- Canticle 7.1-9 [7.2-10] / 151; Excursus: The Shulammite and the land of Israel / 153; Canticle 7.10-13 [7.11-14] / 156 -- Canticle 8 -- Canticle 8.1-5 / 160; Canticle 8.6 / 168; Canticle 8.7 / 177; Canticle 8.8-10 / 180; Canticle 8:11-12 / 185; Canticle 8:13-14 / 188; Excursus: Ritornello / 190 -- Imaginary dialogue with Othmar Keel -- Response to Keel's exegesis / 197 -- Beyond exegesis / 203 -- Conclusion: The 'holy of holies" in scripture.
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"Due in large measure to its unique literary genre, the Song of Songs has been interpreted in diverse ways. According to Andre LaCocque, this supports the notion that the issue with which any reader of the Song must come to grips is, first and foremost, a hermeneutical one."--BOOK JACKET.
Romance, she wrote.
Romance, she wrote.
Bible., Song of Solomon-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible., Song of Solomon-- Hermeneutics.
Bible., Song of Songs-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible., Song of Songs-- Hermeneutics.
Bibel, Hoheslied
Bible., Song of Solomon.
11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament.