Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
Song of Solomon, Literary criticism
Abstract
This article examines the linear, narrative-plot development in the Song of Songs. Evidence is first given supporting several hermeneutical presuppositions which underpin this study: (1) the unity of the Song, revealed especially in its exquisitely designed symmetrical literary macrostructure; (2) Solomonic authorship of the Song, written early in his reign while he was still monogamous; (3) King Solomon and Pharaoh’s daughter (Shulamit) as the couple in the Song; and (4) a literal (not allegorical) interpretation of the Song as human love poetry. Building upon these presuppositions, this article explores text-indicators for the historical narrative-plot progression of the Song, building largely upon clues found by comparing the matching sections of the literary macrostructure. It is concluded that the Song presents a seven-part impressionistic historical progression of the ever-increasing intimacy in the love relationship between Solomon and Shulamit.
Journal Title
TheoRhema
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
5
Last Page
36
First Department
Old Testament
Recommended Citation
Davidson, Richard M., "Linear, Narrative-plot Development in the Song of Songs—Part Two" (2016). Faculty Publications. 366.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/366
Acknowledgements
Open access article retrieved January 21, 2025, from https://publications.uadventus.ro/index.php/thrh/article/view/97
