Ebook: Farewell to Shulamit
Author: Carsten L. Wilke
- Tags: Language Studies, Bible Study & Reference, History, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality
- Series: Jewish Thought Philosophy and Religion
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- epub
While most readings of the biblical Song of Songs merge this enigmatic cycle of love poems into a single couple`s dialogue, this new interpretation reveals an artful fresco of ancient society alternating between courtly, urban, rural, and pastoral spaces with their distinct inhabitants. Contextualized in the religious and cultural horizons of a Hellenistic borderland, the Song places a skeptical emphasis on human diversity and communicative Eros.
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