BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Song of Songs: Critical Essay by Origen"

Criticism Navigation
 
Not What You Meant?  There are 8 definitions for Guitar.  Also try: Song of Solomon.

Song of Songs: Critical Essay by Origen

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
Toni Morrison
About 40 pages (11,891 words)
Song of Solomon (novel) Summary

Bookmark and Share

SOURCE: "Commentary: Prologue," in "The Song of Songs": Commentary and Homilies, translated by R. P. Lawson, The Newman Press, 1957, pp. 21-57.

In the following prologue to his commentary, written in 240, Origen ascribes the Song of Songs to Solomon, noting the importance of a cautious distinction between "passionate love" and "charity" to an interpretation of the dramatic poem's "secret metaphors."

This is a free excerpt of 60 words. There are 11,891 words (approx. 40 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

Read the rest of this Criticism with our Song of Songs: Critical Essay by Origen Access Pass.

Copyrights
Song of Songs: Critical Essay by Origen from Literature Criticism Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy