02172nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10516912 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060707s2008 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2006022452 9781433104657 (pbk. alk. paper) 0820481920 (hbk. alk. paper) 9780820481920 9781453902936 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774287359 BS1485.52 .H6 2008eb 223/.906 22 Hunt, Patrick. Poetry in the Song of songs [electronic resource] : a literary analysis / Patrick Hunt. New York : Peter Lang, c2008. xi, 368 p. Studies in biblical literature, 1089-0645 ; v. 96 Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index. Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon Criticism, interpretation, etc. Hebrew poetry, Biblical History and criticism. Bible as literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in biblical literature ; v. 96. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516912 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 224470 224470