Sunday 13 October 2013

Day 27 Song of Songs 1-2

Song of Songs 1-2 You can read it here http://www.bartleby.com/108/22/1.html

Song of songs is described as the song above all songs and the poem of poems. Interpreting it has been difficult: Three main characters or two? A pastoral poem or an anthology of poems? An allegory of divine love or erotic literature? A text suitable for a post-colonial feminist analysis or an example of stream of consciousness at a romantic wedding celebration?
I suggest we just try to "feel" the text. In Ecclesiastes, the writer seemed unable to find focus and meaning. Do you get the same sense here? What is the dominant mood?  

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