Shofar, June 22nd, 2004
Interpretive Images in the Song of Songs: From Wedding Chariots to Bridal Chambers, by Steven C. Horine. Studies in the Humanities 55. New York: Peter Lang, 2001. 235 pp. $59.65.
This interesting study on the Song of Songs seeks to clarify its complex imagery and rhetorical framework with a view to aiding an understanding of the text within its original context, in particular by identifying a paradigm of bridal chamber images which serves, it is claimed, as an interpretive framework for understanding the Song's erotic love lyrics, metaphors and motifs. After a brief Introduction (pp. 1-12) ...
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