Exquisite Desire: Religion, the Erotic, and the Songs of Songs

Contributor(s): Walsh, Carey (Editor)

ISBN: 9780800632496

Publisher: Fortress Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$32.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$44.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$43.75 (100+ copies: $43.00)

List/retail price:

$32.00

Pub Date: November 1, 2000

Dewey: 221.8

LCCN: 00041721

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.65" H x 8.52" L x 5.55" W ( 0.83 lbs) 264 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Biblical Criticism and Interpretation | Old Testament

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

An examination of the erotic ideal in ancient IsraelThis provocative work investigates the character of the erotic in writings from ancient Israel and how the erotic is connected to the experience of the divine.

Brief description:

Carey Walsh is a professor of biblical studies at Villanova University.

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