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Genre/Form: | Reference works Commentaries Commentaires |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Murphy, Roland E. (Roland Edmund), 1917-2002. Song of Songs. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1990 (OCoLC)609155390 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roland E Murphy; S Dean McBride |
ISBN: | 0800660242 9780800660246 |
OCLC Number: | 20013761 |
Description: | xxii, 237 pages ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Includes translation of Song of songs into English -- Introduction -- Authorship, date, canonicity -- Hebrew text and traditional versions -- History of interpretation -- Literature of love: ancient near Eastern texts -- Literary character and structure of the song -- Aspects of composition and style -- Meaningful theological significance -- Commentary -- 1:1 Superscription: Solomon's finest song? -- 1:2-6 A love more pleasing than wine -- 1:7--2:7 A dialogue between the lovers -- 2:8-17 A reminiscence concerning the lover's visit -- 3:1-5 Loss and discovery -- 3:6-11 Solomon's procession -- 4:1--5:1 A dialogue between the lovers -- 5:2--6:3 A dialogue between the woman and the daughters -- 6:4-12 Praise of the woman's unique beauty -- 7:1[6:13]--8:4 The union of lovers -- 8:5-14 Apendices. |
Series Title: | Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible. |
Other Titles: | Bible. |
Responsibility: | by Roland E. Murphy ; edited by S. Dean McBride, Jr. |
Abstract:
Murphy offers a representative sounding in the major periods of the Song's exegetical history. Attention is given to the hermeneutical principles operative in the development of Jewish and Christian exposition. Murphy examines the literary character and structure of the Song, aspects of its composition and style, and its meaning and theological significance. - Publisher.
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