TY - BOOK AU - Haines,Alastair Ian TI - Gender in Solomon's Song Of Songs: discourse analytical abduction to a gynocentric hypothesis T2 - Australian College of Theology Monograph Series SN - 9781498288729 AV - BS1485.52 .H35 2016 U1 - 223.906 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Eugene PB - Wipf & Stock Publishers KW - Bible KW - Song of Solomon KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Gender identity in the Bible KW - Sex in the Bible KW - Identité de genre dans la Bible KW - Sexualité dans la Bible KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Wisdom Literature KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 310 N2 - The thesis shows that the Song of Songs can be read as a circular sequence of sub-poems, that follow logically from one another if they are understood as contributing to two main points, made in a woman's voice. The woman urges men to take romantic initiative to be committed exclusively and for life, and urges women three times to wait until they are approached by such men. If this reading is the best explanation of the text of the Song, then the Song is a unified work centered on a woman singing about human romantic love from a woman's perspective UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1453475 ER -