03470cam a22005298i 4500 ocn951778734 OCoLC 20200709060526.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 160614s2016 inu ob 001 0 eng 2016027813 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF N$T 9781575064765 (electronic bk.) 1575064766 (electronic bk.) 9781575064758 (hardback : alk. paper) 1435752 (N$T) (OCoLC)951778734 pcc BS1485.52 REL 006210 bisacsh REL 006740 bisacsh 223/.906 23 MAIN Zhang, Sarah, author. I, you, and the word God : finding meaning in the Song of Songs / Sarah Zhang. 1610 Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, [2016] 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; volume 20 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. "I, You, and the Word "God" introduces the approach of lyrical ethics, inspired by Emmanuel Levinas's ethical-phenomenological philosophy. Through the optics of lyrical ethics, the reader discovers how the ancient erotic poems of the Song of Songs bear ethical and theological significance for contemporary readers. Levinas's intertwined concepts--oneself qua sensibility, otherness perceived through responsibility, and transcendence embodied in one's love for the other--reveal themselves as lyrical colors woven into the fabric of Song 4:1-7, 5:2-8, and 8:6. More importantly, Levinas's understanding that poetic language breaks the tautology of logocentric discourse and gestures to the outside of consciousness provides the theoretical ground for the listener to solicit meaningfulness from the Song. Through this lyrical reading of the selected poetic units, the book demonstrates that the traditional interpretive methods of representative description, narrative paraphrase, and thematic distillation fail to encounter the otherness of poetry. In contrast, lyrical ethics pays attention to that which transcends consciousness: the awakening of the reader's subjectivity, the saying underlying the said, the sound of the sense, and the invisibility of the visible. The Song so caressed reveals in human love the purposelessly purposive encounter with God"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Bible. Song of Solomon Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Song of Solomon. fast (OCoLC)fst01892948 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament bisacsh RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Wisdom Literature bisacsh Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Electronic books. Print version: Zhang, Sarah, author. I, you, and the word God Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, [2016] 9781575064758 (DLC) 2016027106 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1435752 EBSCOhost EBSC 1435752 92 N$T 57174 57174