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Song of Songs

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Arguably the biggest blockbuster love song ever composed, the Song of Songs holds a unique place in Jewish and Christian canons as the “holiest” book, in the minds of some readers, and the sexiest in its language and imagery. This commentary aims to interpret this vibrant Song in a contemporary feminist key, informed by close linguistic-literary and social-cultural analysis. Though finding much in the Song to celebrate for women (and men) in their embodied, passionate lives, this work also exposes tensions, vulnerabilities, and inequities between the sexes and among society at large—just what we would expect of a perceptive, poignant love ballad that still tops the charts.From the Wisdom Commentary series Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by making the best of current feminist biblical scholarship available in an accessible format to ministers, preachers, teachers, scholars, and students, will aid all readers in their advancement toward God’s vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all.The aim of this commentary is to provide feminist interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women. A central concern is the world in front of the text, that is, how the text is heard and appropriated by women. At the same time, this commentary aims to be faithful to the ancient text, to explicate the world behind the text, where appropriate, and not impose contemporary questions onto the ancient texts. The commentary addresses not only issues of gender (which are primary in this project) but also those of power, authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism, which all intersect.Each volume incorporates diverse voices and differing interpretations from different parts of the world, showing the importance of social location in the process of interpretation and that there is no single definitive feminist interpretation of a text.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-02-15
Mått152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt627 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWisdom Commentary Series
Antal sidor320
FörlagLiturgical Press
MedarbetareLauress WilkinsLawrence
ISBN9780814681244

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F. Scott Spencer is professor of New Testament and biblical interpretation at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He has also served as past president of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion and current co-chair of the Bible and Emotion group for the Society of Biblical Literature. Spencer’s longtime interest in feminist biblical interpretation is evident in the monographs Dancing Girls, “Loose” Ladies, and Women of “the Cloth”: The Women in Jesus’ Life; and Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows: Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke’s Gospel. Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

ContentsList of Abbreviations ixList of Contributors xiiiForeword “Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]” xvAthalya Brenner-IdanEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xixBarbara E. Reid, OPAcknowledgments xxxixAuthor’s Introduction: Playing the Song of Songs in a Feminist Key xliSong of Songs 1:1 Heading 1Song of Songs 1:2-8 Comfortable (Mostly) in Her Own Voice and Skin 5Song of Songs 1:9–2:7 Looking at the Lovers’ Nest—and Letting It Be 25Song of Songs 2:8-17 Viewing, Cooing, and Wooing 41Song of Songs 3:1-5 Seeking and Seizing Her Lover 59Song of Songs 3:6-11 Look Who’s Coming to Town 71Song of Songs 4:1-7 Formidable Beauty and Fearful Symmetry 83Song of Songs 4:8–5:1 The Precarious Path to Paradise 99Song of Songs 5:2-8 Painful Pillow Talk 113Song of Songs 5:9–6:3 Playful Girl Talk 133Song of Songs 6:4-10 An Overwhelming Ode to Terrible Beauty 147Song of Songs 6:11-13 A Flight of Fancy and a Campy Dance 157Song of Songs 7:1-9a The Dynamic Delights of Statuesque Beauty 167Song of Songs 7:9b–8:4 Desiring Old and New, Open and Safe Spaces for Love 193Song of Songs 8:5-14 The Love Song That Never Ends 207Works Cited 233Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 243Index of Subjects 247

"Rabbi Akiba claimed that `All the world is not worth the day that the Song of Songs was given to Israel' (Yadaim 3:5). Spencer reaffirms that claim. With scholarly insight into the text, sensitivity of gender issues, and a clever yet respectful use of language, he provides a commentary faithful to the principles of this remarkable series. The contributing voices add an interesting layer to the interpretation of this poem that champions human love."Dianne Bergant, CSA, Catholic Theological Union