I once taught the Song of Songs as a guest lecturer (one day only) in a course called Masterpieces of Love. To contextualize the text I used stories of love from the Bible (Jonathan and David, Ruth and Naomi, etc.) but I moved on to recordings of the Song of Songs (medieval and modern). The students were thus exposed to multiple artistic interpretations of the SoS before we started a class discussion.

You may find helpful commentaries on the SoS in Targum of S of S. Cf. Saadiah Gaon, Rashi , Samuel ben Meir, Abraham ibn Ezra . See The Cambridge History of the Bible 3.8-9. Luther, Calvin and Castellio wrote commentaries on it.

Maureen

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Vadim Prozorov <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Steve,

I've never read courses at the US universities. I love and use Ann Matter's book on medieval exegesis of the Song of Songs:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/1247.html

Vadim

Vadim B. Prozorov
assoicate professor
Faculty of History
Moscow Lomonosov State University

https://moscowstate.academia.edu/VadimProzorov
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:31:23 +0000
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Subject: [M-R] Song of Songs in the Classroom
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I teach an undergraduate course on medieval theology. I would like to teach a class or two on the interpretation of the Songs of Songs in this class. If you teach on this subject matter, what text/s does you use? Is there an article or a chapter on the interpretation of the Song of Songs that would be good for undergraduates?

Thanks!

Steve

Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv.
Theology Department
University of Saint Thomas
Saint Paul, MN USA

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