Arguably the biggest blockbuster love song ever composed, the Song
of Songs holds a unique place in Jewish and Christian canons as the
"holiest" book, in the minds of some readers, and the sexiest in
its language and imagery. This commentary aims to interpret this
vibrant Song in a contemporary feminist key, informed by close
linguistic-literary and social-cultural analysis. Though finding
much in the Song to celebrate for women (and men) in their
embodied, passionate lives, this work also exposes tensions,
vulnerabilities, and inequities between the sexes and among society
at large-just what we would expect of a perceptive, poignant love
ballad that still tops the charts. From the Wisdom Commentary
series Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a level of
maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on every book
of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by making the
best of current feminist biblical scholarship available in an
accessible format to ministers, preachers, teachers, scholars, and
students, will aid all readers in their advancement toward God's
vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all. The aim of this
commentary is to provide feminist interpretation of Scripture in
serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those
texts that explicitly mention women. A central concern is the world
in front of the text, that is, how the text is heard and
appropriated by women. At the same time, this commentary aims to be
faithful to the ancient text, to explicate the world behind the
text, where appropriate, and not impose contemporary questions onto
the ancient texts. The commentary addresses not only issues of
gender (which are primary in this project) but also those of power,
authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism, which all intersect.
Each volume incorporates diverse voices and differing
interpretations from different parts of the world, showing the
importance of social location in the process of interpretation and
that there is no single definitive feminist interpretation of a
text.
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