TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Patrick ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Poetry in the Song of songs: a literary analysis T2 - Studies in biblical literature, AV - BS1485.52 .H6 2008eb U1 - 223/.906 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Song of Solomon KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical KW - History and criticism KW - Bible as literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index; Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10516912 ER -