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Song of Songs: A Biography

Contributor(s): Pardes, Ilana (Author)

ISBN: 9780691146065

Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Pub Date: August 13, 2019

Dewey: 223.906

LCCN: 2018955057

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.10" H x 7.60" L x 4.50" W ( 0.75 lbs) 296 pages

Series: Lives of Great Religious Books

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Description: The Song of Songs has been embraced for centuries as the ultimate song of love. But the kind of love readers have found in this ancient poem is strikingly varied. Here, Pardes explores the dramatic shift from readings of the Song as a poem on divine love to celebrations of its exuberant account of human love.

Review Quotes: "Pardes deftly demonstrates how the biblical past can furnish us with a common storehouse of images, to be rediscovered or recast."---Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal

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