Song of Songs (eBook)

Contents List of Abbreviations ix List of Contributors xiii Foreword "Tell It on the Mountain"-or, "And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]" xv Athalya Brenner-Idan Editor's Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: "She Is a Breath of the Power of God" (Wis 7:25) xix Barbara E. Reid, OP Acknowledgments xxxix Author's Introduction: Playing the Song of Songs in a Feminist Key xli Song of Songs 1:1 Heading 1 Song of Songs 1:2-8 Comfortable (Mostly) in Her Own Voice and Skin 5 Song of Songs 1:9-2:7 Looking at the Lovers' Nest-and Letting It Be 25 Song of Songs 2:8-17 Viewing, Cooing, and Wooing 41 Song of Songs 3:1-5 Seeking and Seizing Her Lover 59 Song of Songs 3:6-11 Look Who's Coming to Town 71 Song of Songs 4:1-7 Formidable Beauty and Fearful Symmetry 83 Song of Songs 4:8-5:1 The Precarious Path to Paradise 99 Song of Songs 5:2-8 Painful Pillow Talk 113 Song of Songs 5:9-6:3 Playful Girl Talk 133 Song of Songs 6:4-10 An Overwhelming Ode to Terrible Beauty 147 Song of Songs 6:11-13 A Flight of Fancy and a Campy Dance 157 Song of Songs 7:1-9a The Dynamic Delights of Statuesque Beauty 167 Song of Songs 7:9b-8:4 Desiring Old and New, Open and Safe Spaces for Love 193 Song of Songs 8:5-14 The Love Song That Never Ends 207 Works Cited 233 Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 243 Index of Subjects 247