Overview
- Presents a philosophical reading of the Song of Songs
- Unveils the ethics and wisdom pertaining to the art of relationships hidden within the poetic lyricism of the Song of Songs
- Shows how the Song is still relevant to women in the twenty-first century
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
Belonging to Hebrew Wisdom literature, the Song of Songs offers a fresh look at love and relationships through its main female character, the Shulamite, which profoundly differs from traditional religious approaches to love and sexuality. Drawing from exegetical as well as philosophical sources, Abi Doukhan follows the Shulamite’s journey away from patriarchy to her own self-individuation as she discovers a wisdom of love that is deeply personal and feminine.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Abi Doukhan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and holds the Pearl and Nathan Halegua Family Initiative Chair in Ethics and Tolerance.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Womanist Wisdom in the Song of Songs
Book Subtitle: Secrets of an African Princess
Authors: Abi Doukhan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30052-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30051-7Published: 13 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30054-8Published: 13 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30052-4Published: 31 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 139
Topics: Feminist Theology, Feminism, Women's Studies