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Interpreting the Song of Songs : literal or allegorical? / edited by Annette Schellenberg and Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger.

Contributor(s): Schellenberg, Annette, 1971- [editor.] | Schwienhorst-Scho¿˜nberger, Ludger, 1957- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical tools and studies: v. 26.Publisher: Leuven ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2016Description: viii, 234 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789042933743; 9042933747Subject(s): Bible. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etcLOC classification: BS1485.55 | .I58 2016Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Preface / Annette Schellenberg and Ludger Schwienhorst Schönberger -- The Song of Songs as allegory : methodological and hermeneutical considerations / Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger -- The Song of Solomon as an allegory : historical considerations / Meik Gerhards -- Love poetry from the house of the mother : arguments for a literal understanding of Song of Songs and against its neo-allegorical interpretation / Thomas Staubli -- The sensuality of the Song of Songs : another criterion to be considered when assessing (so-called) literal and allegorical interpretations of the Song / Annette Schellenberg -- The motif of ordered love (Caritas ordinata) in Song of Songs 2:4b : reflections on its history of interpretation / Benedikt Collinet -- The literal interpretation of the Song of Songs : taking Song 8:5-7 as the starting point / Gianni Barbiero -- "Behold King Solomon!" : symbolic inner-biblical interpretation in Song 3:6-11 / Nina-Sophie Heereman.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface / Annette Schellenberg and Ludger Schwienhorst Schönberger -- The Song of Songs as allegory : methodological and hermeneutical considerations / Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger -- The Song of Solomon as an allegory : historical considerations / Meik Gerhards -- Love poetry from the house of the mother : arguments for a literal understanding of Song of Songs and against its neo-allegorical interpretation / Thomas Staubli -- The sensuality of the Song of Songs : another criterion to be considered when assessing (so-called) literal and allegorical interpretations of the Song / Annette Schellenberg -- The motif of ordered love (Caritas ordinata) in Song of Songs 2:4b : reflections on its history of interpretation / Benedikt Collinet -- The literal interpretation of the Song of Songs : taking Song 8:5-7 as the starting point / Gianni Barbiero -- "Behold King Solomon!" : symbolic inner-biblical interpretation in Song 3:6-11 / Nina-Sophie Heereman.

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