Song of Songs as political satire and emotional refuge: Subverting Solomon’s gilded regime
This article proposes a viable reading of Song of Songs as historicized allegory and political satire. In this view, the Song co-opts royal imagery from Solomon’s past golden age to elevate the consummate value of an ordinary ‘country’ couple’s exuberant, mutual love as a model for flourishing, post...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Allegory
/ Solomon Israel, King
/ Song of Songs
/ Political satire
/ Zuflucht
/ Regiment
/ Golden age
/ Love
/ National anthem
/ Politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
emotional regime
B national anthem B golden age B Love B Solomon B emotional refuge B Satire B Bibel. Hoheslied, 8,11-12 B Politics B Allegory B Keywords Allegory B Song of Songs |
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| Summary: | This article proposes a viable reading of Song of Songs as historicized allegory and political satire. In this view, the Song co-opts royal imagery from Solomon’s past golden age to elevate the consummate value of an ordinary ‘country’ couple’s exuberant, mutual love as a model for flourishing, postexilic life. Put another way, this love ‘anthem’ extols ‘emotional refuge’ from exploitative monarchical rule, domestic or foreign. The argument is grounded in close analysis of Song 1-3 and 8.11-12 interlaced with biblical legal, historical, and prophetic critiques of Solomonic pride and greed, and informed by theoretical frameworks on politics, music, and emotion. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089219862820 |