| Song of Songs Contributor(s): Longman, Tremper (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802825435 ISBN-13: 9780802825438 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $38.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In this commentary Longman unpacks what this ancient love poem reveals about the male-female relationship and about God's love for His people. Beginning with an extensive introduction to the book and its background, the author discusses Song of Songs' authorship, date, literary style, language, structure, and theological content. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - Poetry & Wisdom Literature - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - Poetry & Wisdom Literature - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 223.907 |
| LCCN: 2001040347 |
| Series: New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.58" W x 9.62" (1.21 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Relationships are a wonderful, mysterious, often elusive, sometimes painful part of the human experience. The most intimate of all human relationships, according to the Bible, is that between a husband and a wife. It is no surprise, therefore, that there is a book of the Bible, the Song of Songs, that focuses on this relationship. What is surprising is how little attention is given to the Song of Songs by scholars, by the church, and by readers of the Bible. With this volume Tremper Longman III unpacks for modern people what this ancient love poem says about the male-female relationship -- and, by analogy, about God's love for his people. Longman's superb study begins with a thorough introduction to the Song of Songs and its background. Longman discusses the book's title, authorship, date, literary style, language, structure, cultural milieu, and theological content. He also canvasses the long history of interpretation of the Song of Songs, a history too often characterized by repression of the text. In the commentary itself, Longman structures the Song of Songs according to its twenty-three poetic units and explains its message verse by verse. The exposition is made clearer by Longman's adoption of an anthropological approach to the text and by his frequent comparisons of the Song of Songs with other ancient Near Eastern literature. Learned yet highly accessible, innovative yet fully informed by past scholarship, this commentary shows the beautiful Song of Songs to be a timeless celebration of human love and sexuality. |
Contributor Bio(s): Longman, Tremper: - Tremper Longman III is Robert H. Gundry Professor ofBiblical Studies and chair of the Religious StudiesDepartment at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.His other books include Introduction to the OldTestament, How to Read the Psalms, Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, andLiterary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation. |