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List of Illustrations
Introduction
PART ONE: READING RUTH
"All That You Say, I Will Do": A Sermon on the Book of Ruth
Beginning with Ruth: An Essay on Translating
Subverting the Biblical World: Sociology and Politics in the Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth as Comedy: Classical and Modern Perspectives
PART TWO: READING RUTH'S READERS
Transfigured Night: Midrashic Readings of the Book of Ruth
Dark Ladies and Redemptive Compassion: Ruth and the Messianic Lineage in Judaism
Ruth amid the Gentiles
PART THREE: REIMAGINING RUTH
Ruth Speaks in Yiddish: The Poetry of Rosa Yakubovitsh and Itsik Manger
Printing the Story: The Bible in Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts
PART FOUR: TRANSLATING AND READING THE SONG OF SONGS
Translating Eros
"I Am Black and Beautiful"
Reading the Song Iconographically
Unresolved and Unresolvable Problems in Interpreting the Song
PART FIVE: READING THE SONG'S READERS
Entering the Holy of Holies: Rabbinic Midrash and the Language of Intimacy
Intradivine Romance: The Song of Songs in the Zohar
The Love Song of the Millennium: Medieval Christian Apocalyptic and the Song of Songs
Monastic Reading and Allegorical Sub/Versions of Desire
The Female Voice: Hildegard of Bingen and the Song of Songs
The Harlot and the Giant: Dante and the Song of Songs
PART SIX: REIMAGINING THE SONG
In the Absence of Love
Song? Songs? Whose Song? Reflections of a Radical Reader
Honey and Milk Underneath Your Tongue: Chanting a Promised Land
"Where Has Your Beloved Gone?" The Song of Songs in Contemporary Israeli Poetry
Notes
Contributors
Index
Index of Scriptural Citations
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
PART ONE: READING RUTH
"All That You Say, I Will Do": A Sermon on the Book of Ruth
Beginning with Ruth: An Essay on Translating
Subverting the Biblical World: Sociology and Politics in the Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth as Comedy: Classical and Modern Perspectives
PART TWO: READING RUTH'S READERS
Transfigured Night: Midrashic Readings of the Book of Ruth
Dark Ladies and Redemptive Compassion: Ruth and the Messianic Lineage in Judaism
Ruth amid the Gentiles
PART THREE: REIMAGINING RUTH
Ruth Speaks in Yiddish: The Poetry of Rosa Yakubovitsh and Itsik Manger
Printing the Story: The Bible in Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts
PART FOUR: TRANSLATING AND READING THE SONG OF SONGS
Translating Eros
"I Am Black and Beautiful"
Reading the Song Iconographically
Unresolved and Unresolvable Problems in Interpreting the Song
PART FIVE: READING THE SONG'S READERS
Entering the Holy of Holies: Rabbinic Midrash and the Language of Intimacy
Intradivine Romance: The Song of Songs in the Zohar
The Love Song of the Millennium: Medieval Christian Apocalyptic and the Song of Songs
Monastic Reading and Allegorical Sub/Versions of Desire
The Female Voice: Hildegard of Bingen and the Song of Songs
The Harlot and the Giant: Dante and the Song of Songs
PART SIX: REIMAGINING THE SONG
In the Absence of Love
Song? Songs? Whose Song? Reflections of a Radical Reader
Honey and Milk Underneath Your Tongue: Chanting a Promised Land
"Where Has Your Beloved Gone?" The Song of Songs in Contemporary Israeli Poetry
Notes
Contributors
Index
Index of Scriptural Citations