Song of Songs: A Commentary

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Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 2005 - Religion - 263 pages

This original commentary foregrounds at every turn the poetic genius of the Song of Songs, one of the most elusive texts of the Hebrew Bible. J. Cheryl Exum locates that genius in the way the Song not only tells but shows its readers that love is strong as death, thereby immortalizing love, as well as in the way the poet explores the nature of love by a mature sensitivity to how being in love is different for the woman and the man. Many long-standing conundrums in the interpretation of the book are offered persuasive solutions in Exum's verse by verse exegesis.

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Contents

I
1
II
2
III
3
IV
13
V
28
VI
47
VII
73
VIII
87
XI
97
XII
119
XIII
138
XIV
151
XV
183
XVI
210
XVII
240
XVIII
242

IX
89
X
91

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About the author (2005)

J. Cheryl Exum is Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.

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