Coming home to the body : an ecofeminist body theological reading of the Song of Songs
An ecofeminist perspective is used to relate the Song of Songs, which was primarily written as a text on the physical relationship between a man and a woman, to the ecology. This is done by finding the overlap in meaning of the words "body", "lover", "beloved", "er...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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| In: |
Journal for semitics
Year: 2014, Volume: 23, Pages: 910-928 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | An ecofeminist perspective is used to relate the Song of Songs, which was primarily written as a text on the physical relationship between a man and a woman, to the ecology. This is done by finding the overlap in meaning of the words "body", "lover", "beloved", "eros" and "erotic". In both a reading of the Song of Songs and in ecofeminist theology these words have great significance and are centred on an understanding of eros as not only an intensely intimate physical love relationship with a beloved, but also of a physical relationship of love and care between a human being and the ecology. In both readings the word eros has a sacred dimension which is of special significance in ecofeminist theology. This article was not written as a work of biblical scholarship, but rather as an interpretation of Song of Songs from an ecofeminist perspective, albeit with the assistance of feminist biblical scholars. In such an interpretation, Song of Songs is related to three contemporary "settings" for its interpretation: (i) an intimate reading, (ii) a public reading and (iii) an ecological reading of Song of Songs. By eventually placing the reading of Song of Songs within the scope and context of the cosmological "story" where new science explains the origins and evolvement of the cosmos and earth, the further development of "body theology" or ecofeminist body theology is enabled by relating the passionate care for the intimate body to passionate care of the earth body as a whole. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC174537 |