Table Of ContentPerspectives on the Song of Songs
Perspektiven der Hoheliedauslegung
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Perspectives on the Song of Songs
Perspektiven der Hoheliedauslegung
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Acknowledgements
Upon completion of a project it is a pleasure to express thanks to the many
people involved.
First of all I would like to thank the contributors for their willingness to be
part of the project - here, I am especially grateful to those colleagues who do
not work in disciplines normally related to the Hebrew Bible to undertake the
risk of being part of an essay collection dealing with the Bible.
Secondly, my sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. D. Otto Kaiser for enthusiastically
embracing the project from the start, his many helpful ideas, his support and
his initial acceptance of the volume into the series BZAW. Also many thanks to
the new editorial board of BZAW, Prof. Dr. John Barton, Prof. Dr. Reinhard
G. Kratz, Prof. Dr. Choon-Leong Seow and Prof. Dr. Markus Witte for their
continued willingness to have the book included in their series as well as for
several useful suggestions prior to publication.
The editorial staff at W. de Gruyter, Monika Müller and Dr. Albrecht
Döhnert has been most helpful during the production of the volume. The co-
operation has been wonderful - many thanks for that.
Finally, I thank Mr. Björn Corzilius (Berlin) and Ms. Teresa Nieser (Lyon)
for copious proofreading and careful assistance during the preparation of the
volume for publication. Needless to say, all remaining errors are the one of the
editor.
Authors, editor, and publisher have undertaken every attempt to assert the
rights of all other authors and publishers. We regret, however, that despite this
effort we have not succeeded in clarifying the copyright situation for the
following two figures: Figure 2 (p. 113): Fishing and fowling from the Dyn.
XVIII tomb of Menena (TT 69), in: Alan H. GARDINER and Ν. M. DAVIES,
Lapdnture egpptwnne ancienne, vol. I, Paris: A. Guillot 1953 and Figure 5 (p. 116):
Music and eroticism from the Dyn. XVIII tomb of Djeserkareseneb (TT 38),
in: Alan H. GARDINER and Ν. M. DAVIES, La peinture egyptienne ancienne, vol. II,
Paris: A. Guillot 1953.
At the same time, my sincere thanks to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and the Egypt Exploration
Society for granting permission to use their illustrations.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the untimely death of Professor
Hans-Peter Müller, while this volume has been in preparation. The exegetical
community in general and scholarship on the Song of Songs in particular has
lost one of its most prolific members. As will be obvious from many essays in
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this volume we owe him a great deal in our interpretation of the Song of
Songs. Despite this sombre moment, it is nevertheless a pleasure that Prof.
Müller was able to contribute an article to this collection and that one of his
last publications could be included here. I believe it is only fitting to dedicate
this volume to his memory.
Anselm C. Hagedorn
Berlin, August 2005
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Contributors xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
ANSELM C. HAGEDORN
Introduction xvii
I. Biblical Perspectives
JOHN BARTON
On the Canonicity of Canticles 1
KATHARINE J. DELL
What is King Solomon doing in the Song of Songs? 8
F.W. DOBBS-ALLSOPP
Late Linguistic Features in the Song of Songs 27
J. CHERYL EXUM
The Poetic Genius of the Song of Songs 78
PETER FLINT
The Book of Canticles (Song of Songs) in the Dead Sea Scrolls 97
II. Comparative Perspectives
ANTONIO LOPRIENO
Searching for a common background: Egyptian love poetry and
the Biblical Song of Songs 105
GERALD MOERS and HUBERTUS MÜNCH
Alles Liebe? Die kulturelle Semantik des Begriffs "Liebe" und die
Konstruktion des liebenden Körpers im pharaonischen Ägypten 136
PASCAL VERNUS
Le Cantique des Cantiques et l'Egypte pharaonique.
Etat de la question 150
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KARL HECKER
'Kundbar werde mir Deine Sehnsucht'. Überlegungen
zur akkadischen Liebeslyrik 163
JOAN B. BURTON
Themes of Female Desire and Self-Assertion in the Song
of Songs and Hellenistic Poetry 180
ANSELM C. HAGEDORN
Jealousy and Desire at Night. Fragmentum Grenfellianum and
Song of Songs 206
RICHARD HUNTER
'Sweet Talk' Song of Songs and the Traditions
of Greek Poetry 228
HANS-PETER MüLLERf
Zum Werden des Lyrischen. Am Beispiel des
Hohenliedes und frühgriechischer Lyrik 245
III. Later Perspectives
ALISON SALVESEN
Pigs in the camps and the breasts of my lambs:
Song of Songs in the Syriac Tradition 260
ELIZABETH A. CLARK
Origen, the Jews, and the Song of Songs. Allegory and
Polemic in Christian Antiquity 274
ANETTE VOLFING
Middle High German Appropriations of the Song of Songs:
Allegorical Interpretation and Narrative Extrapolation 294
ULRICH GAIER
Lieder der Liebe. Herders Hohelied-Interpretation 317
CONSTANZE Μ. GÜTHENKE
'Do not awaken love until it is ready' - George Seferis'
Asma Asmaton and the translation of intimacy 338
Index 357
