Reading the Song of Songs in a #MeToo Era

Download or read book Reading the Song of Songs in a #MeToo Era written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Song of Songs is the only book of the Bible to privilege the voice of a woman, and its poetry of love and eroticism also bears witness to violence. How do the contemporary #MeToo movement and other movements of protest and accountability renew questions about women, gender, sex, and the problematic of the public at the heart of this ancient poetry? This edited volume seeks to reinvigorate feminist scholarship on the Song by exploring diverse contexts of reading, from Akkadian love lyrics, to Hildegard of Bingen, to Marc Chagall.