From Wild Beast to Huntress: Animal Imagery, Beauty, and Seduction in the Song of Songs and Proverbs

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Biblical Interpretation-A Journal of Contemporary Approaches Pub Date : 2021-09-22 DOI:10.1163/15685152-20211613

Ann M. Letourneau

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Abstract

This article investigates the bestiary used to represent the dynamics of attraction and seduction in the Song of Songs and the book of Proverbs. It examines mainly the predatory imagery, focusing on the lions and leopards the female lover associates with, in Song 4:8, as well as the “hunting ground” terminology used to characterize some of the strange women’s behaviors in Prov. 6:26; 7:22–23. Following Arbel (2015) and Imray (2013), the article contends that the female lover of Song of Songs and the strange women are not so different. Through a close philological examination of the passages staging these women, it sets out to decompartmentalize our understanding of what is an appropriate—or threatening—display of feminine charms and seductive strategies in the Hebrew Bible. This exegetical inquiry also brings the super/non-human persona of these women into focus.

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从野兽到女猎手：歌赋中的动物意象、美与诱惑

这篇文章研究了在《雅歌》和《箴言》中用来表现吸引力和诱惑的动物寓言。它主要考察了掠夺性的意象，集中在歌4:8中与女情人有关的狮子和豹子，以及箴言6:26中用来描述一些奇怪女人行为的“猎场”术语;7:22-23。本文继Arbel(2015)和Imray(2013)之后，认为《歌之歌》中的女情人和《怪女》并没有太大的区别。通过对描绘这些女人的段落进行细致的语言学研究，它开始分解我们对希伯来圣经中女性魅力和诱惑策略的适当或威胁性展示的理解。这种训诂探究也将这些女性的超级/非人类人格带入焦点。

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