Song of Songs
Song of Songs
Semi-technical
Critical
Feminist

Song of Songs

in Wisdom Commentary Series

by F. Scott Spencer

Pages 318
Publisher Liturgical Press
Published 2017
ISBN-13 9780814681244
Arguably the biggest blockbuster love song ever composed, the Song of Songs holds a unique place in Jewish and Christian canons as the "holiest" book, in the minds of some readers, and the sexiest in its language and imagery. This commentary aims to interpret this vibrant Song in a contemporary feminist key, informed by close linguistic-literary and social-cultural analysis. Though finding much in the Song to celebrate for women (and men) in their embodied, passionate lives, this work also exposes tensions, vulnerabilities, and inequities between the sexes and among society at large-just what we would expect of a perceptive, poignant love ballad that still tops the charts.

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