The Song of Songs in the Teachings of Jesus and the Development of the Exposition on the Song

Picking up on the revived interest in the Song of Songs in biblical scholarship, the article focuses on the significance of the Song in the tradition of Jesus' teachings. After a survey of rabbinic midrash on the Song, five examples show that Jesus as remembered in the gospel tradition expresse...

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Main Author: Tomson, Peter J. 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 429-447
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Song of Songs / Reception / Midrash / Gospels
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Rabbis and Church Fathers
B Gospels
B Hippolytus
B JESUS TRADITION
B Origen
B Song of Songs
B Midrash
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Summary:Picking up on the revived interest in the Song of Songs in biblical scholarship, the article focuses on the significance of the Song in the tradition of Jesus' teachings. After a survey of rabbinic midrash on the Song, five examples show that Jesus as remembered in the gospel tradition expresses an unusual interest in the Song with a discreet mystical emphasis. The nuptial Christology that subsequently surfaces in Revelation and in Hippolytus and Origen suggests a continuous development as from the Jesus tradition. This continuity may explain the remarkable parallels between the interest of the Church Fathers in the Song and that of the Rabbis.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688515000247