Description: This original commentary foregrounds at every turn the poetic genius of the Song of Songs, one of the most elusive texts of the Hebrew Bible.
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J. Cheryl Exumis Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. The author of numerous scholarly works on the Hebrew Bible, her books includeTragedy and Biblical Narrative, Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives, andPlotted, Shot, and Painted: Cultural Representations of Biblical Women. She is Director of Sheffield Phoenix Press.