Perspectives on the Song of Songs Perspektiven Der Hohelidauslegung

The collection of essays contains nineteen contributions that aim at locating the Song of Songs in its ancient context as well as addressing problems of interpretation and the reception of this biblical book in later literature. In contrast to previous studies this work devotes considerable attention to parallels from the Greek world without neglecting the Ancient Near East or Egypt. As far as the reception-history is concerned, several contributions deal with the use of the Song in Byzantine, Medieval, German Romantic and modern Greek Literature. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the collection new perspectives and avenues of appraoch are opened.Hagedorn, Anselm C. is the author of 'Perspectives on the Song of Songs Perspektiven Der Hohelidauslegung' with ISBN 9783110176322 and ISBN 3110176327.