Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
Reihe: Contributions to Biblical Exeg
ISBN: 978-90-429-3527-3
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
The author presents a reedition of the Qumran Canticles scrolls,
demonstrating that turn-of-the-era 4QCant contain variant
recensions of Canticles, substantively shorter than the Masoretic text.
Many textual variants display earlier and more original readings,
suggesting that Canticles was finalized only around the turn of the era.
The archaeology of post-exilic Judea, Perea, and Jerusalem is brought in
dialogue with the texts. The Hasmonean Jewish kingdom, rapidly expanding
from 112 B.C.E., is suggested as historical background for the growing
collection of love songs, some toponyms only giving meaning in this
period. The capital of the new Jewish state allowed more open relations
between men and women and stimulated a land romanticism reflected in
many songs. In this milieu Jerusalem scribes collected and edited human
love songs and coloured them with allusions to biblical texts, thereby
inviting a symbolic (double) reading: both on earthly love and the
relation between God and his people.
