Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years
Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns ...
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At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song
The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters. By Elisabeth Vincentelli The Met Cloisters ...
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Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years
Origen associated the soul with the female protagonist, and the divine with her male “beloved.” Another Christian approach to the Song of Songs was that the poem described God’s loving ...