Message of the Song of Songs

Name: Message of the Song of Songs
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ISBN: 9780830812356

ISBN-10: 0830812350

ISBN-13: 9780830812356

Edition: 1994

Authors: Tom Gledhill

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At first reading the Song of Songs appears to be an unabashed celebration of the deeply rooted urges of physical attraction, mutual love and sexual consummation between a man and a woman.Tom Gledhill maintains that the Song of Songs is in fact just that--a literary, poetic exploration of human love that strongly affirms loyalty, beauty and sexuality in all their variety. With tender metaphor and extravagant imagery, the Song writer spins a tale of human love into the cadence of verse, innocent of our quest for historical persons behind the text.But in God's story, human beauty, intimacy and sexuality are not ends in themselves. They are transencedental longings, whispers of immortality.…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/7/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682

Gledhill is lecturer in biblical languages and Old Testament at the Evangelical Theological College of Wales in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. His articles and book reviews have appeared in Themelios, Foundations and Bible Translatores Magazine.



General preface


Author's preface


Chief Abbreviations


Bibliography


An orientation to the Song


The Song as poetic entertainment


The role of Solomon in the Song


The shepherd hypothesis


The morality of the Song


God, sexuality and allegory


The Song in the Canon of Scripture


The unity and structure of the Song



The Song as a whole


An overview of the text of the Song of Songs


A literal translation of the Song


A free paraphrase of the Song



An exposition of the Song


Title and attribution



The first cycle: Passionate longings



The deep yearnings of love



Black and beautiful



A hesitant enquiry, an ambiguous response



A filly in fine fettle



The fragrance of love



A duet of mutual admiration



Moving towards climax



The second cycle: Springtime and showers



Love in the springtime



A tantalizing tease



An affirmation and an invitation



A very troubled dream



The third cycle: The lovers' royal wedding



Her rustic fragrant beauty



Solomon's sumptuous carriage



In praise of his beloved



The lover's urgent plea



A lover smitten



Moving towards a climax again



Anticipation



Invitation



Consummation



Affirmation



Reflections on themes arising from



Chastity and virginity


Laughter and bodies


Hang-ups and Augustine


Sex as sacrament


The language of sex


The fourth cycle: Lost and found



Another dream of frustation



The daughters of Jerusalem reply



In praise of her lover



An offer of help



Not really lost



The fifth cycle: Beauty kindles desire



Her awesome and terrifying beauty



She is utterly unique



Her cosmic beauty



Dreaming in the walnut garden



A sight for tired eyes



Her graceful form



A duet of desire



Love in the countryside



A longing for intimacy



The sixth cycle: The security of love



The happy couple



Love's arousal



Love, strong as death



The little sister



A vineyard not for hire



The continuing cycle of desire



For further thought