TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lieber,Laura S.
TI  - A Vocabulary of Desire: The Song of Songs in the Early Synagogue
T2  - The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Series
SN  - 9789004278592
AV  - BM670.P5L484 2014 
U1  - 296.4/52 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Bible.--Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Piyutim--Criticism, Textual
KW  - Judaism--Liturgy--Texts
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. Essays -- Chapter 1. "A Garden Enclosed": The Song of Songs as a Gateway to Synagogue Poetry -- Chapter 2. "Let Him Kiss Me": The Place of Piyyut in the History of Interpretation of the Song -- Chapter 3. "Your Voice is Sweet": Piyyut As an Extension of Biblical Rhetoric -- Chapter 4. "I Am My Beloved's and His Desire is for Me": The World of the Songs -- Part 2. Texts and Commentary -- Translator's Introduction -- Chapter 5. A Love Song to the Torah: Anonymous, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim -- Commentary -- Chapter 6. Lyrics of Love: Yannai, Shivata Shir ha-Shirim -- Commentary -- Chapter 7. Of Ritual and Reciprocity: Yannai, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim -- Commentary -- Chapter 8. The Power of Dew: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, Shivata for Dew -- Commentary -- Chapter 9. Youthful Love Is Eternal: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, The Groom's Qedushta -- Commentary -- Chapter 10. Like Stars of Light: Eleazar (birabbi Qallir?), Yotzer Shir ha-Shirim -- Commentary -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Hebrew Bible Citations -- Index of Ancient Jewish and Christian Sources -- Index of Lines for Song of Songs Piyyutim Cited in the Text -- Index of Subjects
N2  - In A Vocabulary of Desire, Laura Lieber provides a nuanced introduction to the variety of ways in which Jewish liturgical poets from Late Ancient Palestine understood the Song of Songs, complemented by annotated translations of six complete works
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1901796
ER  -