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what is the main theme in "song of songs"?
love is sexual, passionate(which means, to suffer), and savoring (which means, it is a "sensory" poem)
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define Allegory
an extended metaphor, or a symbolic representation of something
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according to the definition of allegory, could the book "song of songs" be considered an allegory?
yes. it could be used as a didactic message for couples
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What is the book, "Song of songs" celebrating?
the song celebrates not only human love but also the sensuous and mystical quality of erotic desire.
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what is a didactic message?
a message used to "teach"
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what are some things unknown in the "song of songs"?
- author is unknown/"authorship"
- unknown date
- unknown when exactly it was included in the canon
- was the "song of songs" intended to be secular or sexual?
- form/structure
unknown - Characters>> the characters move in and out of story so quickly>>becomes confusing
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What was "song of songs" originally intended to be?
a religious context
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issues found with "song of songs"
translation issues>> different versions were worded very differently>>could be taken completely differently if read two of the same scriptures, but different versions
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define "Rosetta Stone"
3 different languages
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define the term, " hieroglyphics"
holy or sacred carvings
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According to Bloch...we are to read poetry by...
- sequence of lyrical poems
- "episode" structure
- NOT a narrative and NOT a drama
- gaps in the text are problematic for those who attempt to read it as one or the other
- "song- like", musical quality
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