The King Who Fell |
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| Author:
| Pople, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-365-69321-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | Lulu Press, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth" opens the Hebrew Old Testament's most enigmatic mystery: Solomon's Song of Songs. Solomon and his Bride share their intensely passionate expressions of love, ascetic and sexual, poetically framed as a chiasm, i.e. in two anti-symmetric halves. The Song's lovers are forever imprinted as timeless emblems for this flawless - yet godless - love; and the Divine Hand enriches the Song symbolically, creating an allegorical overlay pregnant with...
More Description"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth" opens the Hebrew Old Testament's most enigmatic mystery: Solomon's Song of Songs. Solomon and his Bride share their intensely passionate expressions of love, ascetic and sexual, poetically framed as a chiasm, i.e. in two anti-symmetric halves. The Song's lovers are forever imprinted as timeless emblems for this flawless - yet godless - love; and the Divine Hand enriches the Song symbolically, creating an allegorical overlay pregnant with spiritual truths. The literal story-line and interwoven allegory coexist effortlessly: rooting the Song on Earth does not limit it reaching to Heaven.