Song of songs : a close reading
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Song of songs : a close reading
(Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 144)
Brill, 2011
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Il cantico dei cantici
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-521) and indexes
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Description
This book puts forward an interpretation of the Canticle which is alert to the literal sense of the poem. The author thus distances himself both from the allegorical interpretation and from an interpretation that is purely secular. According to the author, the Song offers a theological vision of human love. Barbiero sees the Song as composed in the third century BC, in the Hellenistic epoch, but also as hugely dependent on the love poetry of the Ancient Near East, particularly that of Egypt. Above all, however, the Song was composed in dialogue with the other books of the Old Testament, especially in contrast with the negative view of sexuality which they represent. The study pays particular attention to the structure of the poem and of the individual cantos: for Barbiero, the Song is a closely unitary work and is only to be understood as a whole.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Position in the canon
2. The text
3. Poetic language
4. Structure
5. Historical-cultural environment
6. The hermeneutical problem
Chapter 2: TITLE (Cant 1:1)
Chapter 3: PROLOGUE (Cant 1:2 - 2:7)
Structure
First Strophe: Dream of Love (1:2-4).
Second strophe: The keeper of the vineyards (1:5-6)
Third strophe: The shepherdess (1:7-8)
Fourth Strophe: Contemplation (1:9-14)
Fifth strophe: The bed in the grass (1:15-17)
Sixth Strophe: Desire (2:1-3)
Seventh Strophe: Union (2:4-7)
Conclusion
Chapter 4: SONGS OF THE BELOVED WOMAN (Cant 2:8 - 3:5)
Structure
Morning Song (2:8-17)
Nocturn (3:1-5)
Conclusion
Chapter 5: CHORAL INTERMEZZO (Cant 3:6-11)
Structure
First strophe: Appearance in the desert (3:6)
Second strophe: The escort (3:7-8)
Third strophe: The litter of Solomon (3:9-10)
Fourth strophe: The day of joy of the heart (3:11)
Conclusion
Chapter 6: SONGS OF THE BELOVED MAN (Cant 4:1 - 5:1)
Structure
Contemplation (4:1-7)
Encounter (4:8 - 5:1)
Conclusion
Chapter 7: NEW SONGS OF THE BELOVED WOMAN (Cant 5:2 - 6:3)
Structure
Separation (5:2-8)
Remembrance (5:9-16)
Love found again (6:1-3)
Conclusion
Chapter 8: NEW SONGS OF THE BELOVED MAN (Cant 6:4 - 7:11)
Structure
Contemplation (6:4-12)
Desire (7:1-11)
Conclusion
Chapter 9: FINAL SONGS OF THE BELOVED WOMAN (Cant 7:12 - 8:4)
Structure
Union in nature (7:12-14)
Union in the city (8:1-4)
Conclusion
Chapter 10: EPILOGUE (Cant 8:5-14)
Structure
First strophe: Set me as a seal upon your heart (8:5-7)
Second strophe: Criticism of the family (8:8-10)
Third strophe: Criticism of society (8:11-12)
Fourth strophe: Flee, my beloved (8:13-14)
Conclusion
Chapter 11: EIGHT CONCLUSIVE THESIS
Chapter 12: BIBLIOGRAPHY
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