{"product_id":"i-you-and-the-word-god-finding-meaning-in-the-song-of-songs-9781575064758","title":"I, You, and the Word “God”: Finding Meaning in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI, You, and the Word “God”\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the approach of \u003ci\u003elyrical ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical-phenomenological philosophy. Through the optics of lyrical ethics, the reader discovers how the ancient erotic poems of the Song of Songs bear ethical and theological significance for contemporary readers. Levinas’s intertwined concepts—oneself qua sensibility, otherness perceived through responsibility, and transcendence embodied in one’s love for the other—reveal themselves as lyrical colors woven into the fabric of Song 4:1–7, 5:2–8, and 8:6. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore importantly, Levinas’s understanding that poetic language breaks the tautology of logocentric discourse and gestures to the outside of consciousness provides the theoretical ground for the listener to solicit meaningfulness from the Song. Through this lyrical reading of the selected poetic units, the book demonstrates that the traditional interpretive methods of representative description, narrative paraphrase, and thematic distillation fail to encounter the otherness of poetry. In contrast, lyrical ethics pays attention to that which transcends consciousness: the awakening of the reader’s subjectivity, the saying underlying the said, the sound of the sense, and the invisibility of the visible. The Song so caressed reveals in human love the purposelessly purposive encounter with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReference Works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. TheorySubjectivity: The Rise of Lyrical Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevinasian Lyrical Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevinas and the Writing of Difference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting as Encounter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Oneself as Awakened Sensibility (Song 4:1–7)A Snapshot of Song 4:1–7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnding Invitation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Restlessness and Responsibility for the OtherListening beside the Said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe-Coring: Between Intrigue and Interruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExposedness beyond Wounding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Other Words, or Words of the Other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. \"The Human Form Divine\"The Trace of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetour on Human Finitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Question Mark in This Said\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Moment the Word \"God\" Is Heard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo to Speak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Scripture\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456113082711,"sku":"9781575064758","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781575064758.jpg?v=1755033844","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-you-and-the-word-god-finding-meaning-in-the-song-of-songs-9781575064758","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}