Song of Songs: A Commentary

by J. Cheryl Exum

Overview

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.

The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664238414
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	05/01/2011
Series:	The Old Testament Library
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

J. Cheryl Exumis Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. The author of numerous scholarly works on the Hebrew Bible, her books includeTragedy and Biblical Narrative,Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives, andPlotted, Shot, and Painted: Cultural Representations of Biblical Women. She is Director of Sheffield Phoenix Press.