Keeping and Displaying Royal Tribute Animals in Ancient Persia and the Near East

Llewellyn‐Jones, Lloyd

doi:10.1515/9783110545623-013

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“…also In biblical literature, as well as more generally in ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography, leopards-while rarely represented (and seen)-are often found in the vicinity of lions, including in lists of exotic tributes, royal hunts, and menageries (Morgan 2010: 288-292;cf. Collins 2002;Llewellyn-Jones 2017). Like the lion, this feline seems to be understood as a deadly creature and is feared as such (Lewis and Llewellyn-Jones 2018: 340).…”

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

Létourneau

2021

Biblical Interpret.

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

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2021

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