Description |
1 online resource (368 pages) |
Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 298 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 298.
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Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 HERDER' S PREOCCUPATION WITH THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 2 HERDER'S APPROACH TO POETRY AND THE BIBLE: ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 3 HERDER AS TRANSLATOR: A THEORETICAL CONTEXT FOR LIEDER DER LlEBE; Chapter 4 HERDER'S RECEPTION OF THE SONG OF SONGS: A COMPARISON WITH OTHER INTERPRETATIVE APPROACHES; Chapter 5 HERDER'S INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 6 HERDER'S TRANSLATIONS OF THE SONG OF SONGS; CONCLUSION; Appendix A: HERDER'S TRANSLATIONS OF THE SONG OF SONGS |
Summary |
This is the first comprehensive study of Herder's preoccupation with the Song of Songs, Baildam considers the importance of this poetry in his thinking, and examines his commentaries and translations of 1776 and 1778. Despite Herder's claims to the contrary, his own cultural position is revealed in his translations, and in his unique interpretation of the work as the voice of pure, paradisal love. Starting with Herder's interest in the Song of Songs between 1765 and 1778, this book sets his reflections in the wider context of his relativistic views on the nature of poetry, contemporary German |
Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London), 1994 |
Bibliography |
"Bibliography: Johann Gottfried Herder": pages 333-334 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-361)-and indexes |
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Subject |
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 -- Bibliography
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SUBJECT |
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 fast |
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Bible. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Song of Solomon -- Hermeneutics
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Bible. Song of Solomon fast |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Hermeneutics
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Hooglied (bijbelboek)
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Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780567436627 |
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0567436624 |
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