{"product_id":"the-literary-growth-of-the-song-of-songs-during-the-hasmonean-and-early-herodian-periods-9789042935273","title":"The Literary Growth of the Song of Songs during","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author presents a reedition of the Qumran Canticles scrolls,        demonstrating that turn-of-the-era 4QCanta,b contain variant        recensions of Canticles, substantively shorter than the Masoretic text.        Many textual variants display earlier and more original readings,        suggesting that Canticles was finalized only around the turn of the era.                          The archaeology of post-exilic Judea, Perea, and Jerusalem is brought in        dialogue with the texts. The Hasmonean Jewish kingdom, rapidly expanding        from 112 B.C.E., is suggested as historical background for the growing        collection of love songs, some toponyms only giving meaning in this        period. The capital of the new Jewish state allowed more open relations        between men and women and stimulated a land romanticism reflected in        many songs. In this milieu Jerusalem scribes collected and edited human        love songs and coloured them with allusions to biblical texts, thereby        inviting a symbolic (double) reading: both on earthly love and the        relation between God and his people.","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49546321068375,"sku":"9789042935273","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-literary-growth-of-the-song-of-songs-during-the-hasmonean-and-early-herodian-periods-9789042935273","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}