The literary growth of the Song of Songs during the Hasmonean and Early-Herodian periods / Torleif Elgvin. [print]

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Elgvin, Torleif [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Hebrew Series: Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 89.Publication details: Leuven ; Bristol, Connecticut : Peeters, (c)2018.Description: xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9789042935273
9042935278

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LOC classification:

BS1485.E41.L584 2018
BS1485

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Contents:

No small difference -- The Canticles scrolls and the early textual tradition -- Late linguistic and cultural features -- Toponyms, the beloved land and the Hasmonean state -- The geographic and cultural setting of Canticles -- Solomon and the Songs -- Canticles as a symbolic text -- The literary growth of Canticles : an outline -- Early reception history -- Small-sized scrolls of Lamentations, Ruth, and Canticles -- Conclusions.

Summary: The author presents a reedition of the 'Qumran Canticles scrolls', demonstrating that turn-of-the-era 4QCanta, b contain variant recensions of Canticles, substantively shorter than the Masoretic text. Many textual variants display earlier and more original readings, suggesting that Canticles was finalized only around the turn of the era. The archaeology of post-exilic Judea, Perea, and Jerusalem is brought in dialogue with the texts. The Hasmonean Jewish kingdom, rapidly expanding from 112 B.C.E., is suggested as historical background for the growing collection of love songs, some toponyms only giving meaning in this period. The capital of the new Jewish state allowed more open relations between men and women and stimulated a land romanticism reflected in many songs. In this milieu Jerusalem scribes collected and edited human love songs and coloured them with allusions to biblical texts, thereby inviting a symbolic (double) reading: both on earthly love and the relation between God and his people.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	BS1485.55.E488.L584 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001734488

A new edition of the Canticles scrolls -- No small difference -- The Canticles scrolls and the early textual tradition -- Late linguistic and cultural features -- Toponyms, the beloved land and the Hasmonean state -- The geographic and cultural setting of Canticles -- Solomon and the Songs -- Canticles as a symbolic text -- The literary growth of Canticles : an outline -- Early reception history -- Small-sized scrolls of Lamentations, Ruth, and Canticles -- Conclusions.

The author presents a reedition of the 'Qumran Canticles scrolls', demonstrating that turn-of-the-era 4QCanta, b contain variant recensions of Canticles, substantively shorter than the Masoretic text. Many textual variants display earlier and more original readings, suggesting that Canticles was finalized only around the turn of the era. The archaeology of post-exilic Judea, Perea, and Jerusalem is brought in dialogue with the texts. The Hasmonean Jewish kingdom, rapidly expanding from 112 B.C.E., is suggested as historical background for the growing collection of love songs, some toponyms only giving meaning in this period. The capital of the new Jewish state allowed more open relations between men and women and stimulated a land romanticism reflected in many songs. In this milieu Jerusalem scribes collected and edited human love songs and coloured them with allusions to biblical texts, thereby inviting a symbolic (double) reading: both on earthly love and the relation between God and his people.

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