Poetry in the Song of songs : a literary analysis / Patrick Hunt.

Author/creator Hunt, Patrick
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 368 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesStudies in biblical literature ; v. 96, 1089-0645 ;
Studies in biblical literature v. 96. ^A534686
Contents Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index.
LCCN 2006022452
ISBN9781433104657 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1433104652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820481920 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820481920 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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