TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gault,Brian P.
TI  - Body as landscape, love as intoxication: conceptual metaphors in the Song of songs 
T2  - Ancient Israel and its literature
SN  - 9781628372472
AV  - BS1485.G271.B639 2019 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Atlanta, Georgia
PB  - SBL Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Song of Solomon
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation
KW  - Christian Wisdom Literature
KW  - Christian Bible Exegesis & Hermeneutics
KW  - Theological
N1  - CIU Faculty Author; Bibliographical references (page 227-267); Index (page 269-291); A Lock with No Key? Body Metaphors in the Song of Songs --; Missing Key: A Conceptual-Comparative Approach --; I Am: Poems of Self-Description --; Nature as Erotica: Sexual Euphamism and Double-Entendre --; Anatomy of a Rose: Praise for the Female Body --; Outstanding among Ten Thousand: An Ode to the Male Body --; Conclusions: Method, Metaphor, Beauty, and Unit; 2
N2  - Explore metaphors in the exquisite and enigmatic poetry of Song of Songs  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. Based on insights from cognitive linguistics, this study incorporates biblical and comparative data to uncover the meaning of these metaphors surveying literature in the eastern Mediterranean (and beyond) that shares a similar form (poetry) and theme (love). Gault presents an interpretation of the Song's body imagery that sheds light on the perception of beauty in Israel and its relationship to surrounding cultures. Features  Exploration of the Song's use of universal themes and culturally specific variations Discussion of the Song's literary structure and unity
ER  -