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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782387003321

Autore

Munro Jill M

Titolo

Spikenard and Saffron [[electronic resource] ] : The Imagery of the Song of Songs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1995

ISBN

1-281-81366-4

9786611813666

0-567-19684-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ; ; v.No. 203

Disciplina

223.9066

223/.906

Soggetti

Hebrew poetry, Biblical

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Translation; Chapter 1 COURTLY IMAGERY; Chapter 2 IMAGERY OF FAMILY LIFE; Chapter 3 NATURE IMAGERY; Chapter 4 IMAGES IN SPACE AND TIME; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study focuses upon the language of the Song of Songs in an attempt to see how individual images work together in the constitution of a poetic unity. The perception of certain 'imaginative fields', each of which organizes a range of related imagery, is helpful to an appreciation of the symbolic density which certain images acquire in the course of the Song's movement and to an acknowledgment of their capacity for narrativity.