RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sacred Language, Ten Commandments, Kabbalah
Document Summary
Lecture 8: song of solomon 1 or song of songs. Song of solomon because traditional attribution to king solomon (one of the greatest and wisest kings of the hebrew people) Love song written from him to queen of sheba (queen of region that would be ethiopia now) Solomon and queen of sheba met together somehow. Legend that queen of sheba went back to ethiopia and was pregnant and gave birth. Reality: text is probably not written by king solomon. Written in 3rd century bce but king solomon was born in 10th century bce. About how beautiful she is and how handsome he is, praising the fertile body. Movement between voices, gives impression that it is about the physical relationship between a man and a woman. Allegory of ideal relationship between god and israel. Marriage as an allegory to the covenant of god: christian bible. Relationship between christ jesus and the church. Set of explanations of the hebrew bible.
