Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism
The contemporary debate regarding the neo-allegorical Song of Songs interpretation focuses more on its legitimacy than on how it is done. If allegorical interpretation promotes uncontrollable subjective interpretation, this would especially surface when different religious traditions are involved. M...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
Published: |
OTSSA
2018-12-01
|
Series: | Old Testament Essays |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192018000300018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
id |
doaj-f4a6cea90cfc4368ac163ac13867ff42 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-f4a6cea90cfc4368ac163ac13867ff422020-11-25T01:36:54ZafrOTSSAOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212018-12-0131373775810.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n3a19Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, LutheranismEben Scheffler 0University of South AfricaThe contemporary debate regarding the neo-allegorical Song of Songs interpretation focuses more on its legitimacy than on how it is done. If allegorical interpretation promotes uncontrollable subjective interpretation, this would especially surface when different religious traditions are involved. Moreover, if allegorical interpretation is done to avoid dealing with explicit sexuality in the Song, comparing texts from three diverse religious traditions on the more erotic parts of the Song has the potential to provide insight not only in the method of allegory but also in the contextuality and subjectivity of interpretation as such. The paper discusses examples from the Targum, the Calvinistic Dutch Statenbijbel and Luther’s lectures on the Canticles.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192018000300018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enSong of songseroticallegorismJudaismCalvinismLutheranism |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
Afrikaans |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Eben Scheffler |
spellingShingle |
Eben Scheffler Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism Old Testament Essays Song of songs erotic allegorism Judaism Calvinism Lutheranism |
author_facet |
Eben Scheffler |
author_sort |
Eben Scheffler |
title |
Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism |
title_short |
Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism |
title_full |
Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism |
title_fullStr |
Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism |
title_full_unstemmed |
Allegorising Song of Song’s Most Erotic Parts: Judaism, Calvinism, Lutheranism |
title_sort |
allegorising song of song’s most erotic parts: judaism, calvinism, lutheranism |
publisher |
OTSSA |
series |
Old Testament Essays |
issn |
1010-9919 2312-3621 |
publishDate |
2018-12-01 |
description |
The contemporary debate regarding the neo-allegorical Song of Songs interpretation focuses more on its legitimacy than on how it is done. If allegorical interpretation promotes uncontrollable subjective interpretation, this would especially surface when different religious traditions are involved. Moreover, if allegorical interpretation is done to avoid dealing with explicit sexuality in the Song, comparing texts from three diverse religious traditions on the more erotic parts of the Song has the potential to provide insight not only in the method of allegory but also in the contextuality and subjectivity of interpretation as such. The paper discusses examples from the Targum, the Calvinistic Dutch Statenbijbel and Luther’s lectures on the Canticles. |
topic |
Song of songs erotic allegorism Judaism Calvinism Lutheranism |
url |
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192018000300018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT ebenscheffler allegorisingsongofsongsmosteroticpartsjudaismcalvinismlutheranism |
_version_ |
1725061035317002240 |