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Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: SBL Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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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.
Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs and Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs
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  • Title

    Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs

  • Author

    Brian P. Gault

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    SBL Press

  • Published

    August 2019

  • Weight

    632g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780884143826

  • ISBN-10

    0884143821

  • Eden Code

    5092157

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