Linear, Narrative-Plot Development in the Song of Songs – Part One

TheoRhēma

关键词: Song of Songs;    sexuality;    marriage;    literary macrostructure;    love;    marital counseling;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article examines the linear, narrative-plot development in the Song of Songs. Evidence is first given supporting several hermeneutical presuppositions which underpin this study: (1) the unity of the Song, revealed especially in its exquisitely designed symmetrical literary macrostructure; (2) Solomonic authorship of the Song, written early in his reign while he was still monogamous; (3) King Solomon and Pharaoh’s daughter (Shulamit) as the couple in the Song; and (4) a literal (not allegorical) interpretation of the Song as human love poetry. Building upon these presuppositions, this article explores text-indicators for the historical narrative-plot progression of the Song, building largely upon clues found by comparing the matching sections of the literary macrostructure. It is concluded that the Song presents a seven-part impressionistic historical progression of the ever-increasing intimacy in the love relationship between Solomon and Shulamit.

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