From Sister-Wife to Brother-Neighbor: Rosenzweig Reads the Song of Songs

Abstract

This paper investigates a sibling metaphor central to Rosenzweig’s reading of the Song of Songs in The Star of Redemption, in which the lovers yearn to be united in societal fraternity. His interpretation is marked by fraternal tropes and the subsequent effacement of gender. Rosenzweig transposes the erotic energy in the Song from a celebration of difference to a longing for sameness, a move that has exegetical, philosophical, and theological implications. Ultimately, the erotic sphere of revelation is surpassed by neighborly “brotherliness” in communal redemption.

The Women Poet: Exploring the Existence of Women and Feminist Values from the Song of Songs 3:1-5

“…However, recent research states that the Song of Songs contains many expressions of love that reveal the understanding of love not as a percussion thing. It is a grace and establishes a lot of happy life (Tiwery Yudit, 2015;Cooper, 2020). Every expression of love between men and women which is erotic in the style of metaphor and personification forms the lyrics of love, so this book is called a book of poetry and is not too good to be called a wisdom book (Hagedorn, 2021;Prabowo, 2020;Liu, 2020).…”