The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs

Synopsis

Preface -- Abbreviations And Other Conventions -- Introduction To The Commentary: Song Of Songs -- Songs Of Love -- The Language Of Love -- The Many Poetics Of Love In Jewish Tradition -- The Song Of Songs And Jewish Religious Practice -- Reading The Commentary -- Notes To The Introduction -- Full Hebrew-english Text Of The Song Of Songs -- Commentary To The Song Of Songs -- Four Levels Of Commentary: Peshat, Derash, Remez, And Sod -- 1:1-17 First Words, First Encounters -- 2:1-17 Love In Its Proper Time -- 3:1-11 Inner Experience And Shared Joy -- 4:1-5:1 The Beautiful Maiden, So Praised -- 5:2-6:3 In Quest Of The Marvelous Beloved -- 6:4-10 The Maiden, Lovely And Luminous -- 6:11-7:11 Love Overwhelming -- 7:12-8:14 Longing, Love, And Loss -- Notes To The Commentary -- Excursus: A History Of Jewish Interpretation Of The Song Of Songs -- Peshat: The Exegetical Revolution And Its Exemplars -- Derash: The Forms And Formulations Of Covenant Love -- Remez: Personal Love Of God -- With All One's Heart, Soul, And Mind -- Sad: The Most Hidden Truth -- Divinity And Divine Love In The Depths -- Notes To The Excursus -- Bibliography. Commentary By Michael Fishbane. Includes Bibliographical References. Text In English And Hebrew ; Commentary In English.