King Solomon and the Dark Lady in the Song of Songs
1989; Brill; Volume: 39; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1163/156853389x00183
ISSN1568-5330
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Linguistic Studies
ResumoOne of the mysteries in the Song of Songs that have roused my curiosity for some time is the identity-or, rather, the poetic identity-of the lady who calls herself sehora and seharhoret in i 5-6. Increasingly, I have come to conclude that the woman in question was Pharaoh's daughter whom Solomon loved and took for a wife. Since the Song has elicited so much amount of published discussion over the ages, I was not greatly surprised when I discovered that this theory was already put forward a long time ago by Theodore of Mopsuestia (5th century C.E.).1 It should not be inferred from what I have said that I espouse the theory that the Song was written in Solomon's times in celebration of his marriage. Such a thesis, as well as others regarding the theme, structure, purpose, date, etc. of the Song, is beyond the scope of this study. There is therefore no need to raise questions which I shall not here attempt to answer. The evidence that what is said of the lady in the Song is said in reference to Pharaoh's daughter is cumulative and the following points (and there may be others which escaped my attention) should therefore be weighed together. The Bible credits Solomon with being a great lover of women. The following verses from the books of Kings deserve to be quoted and examined.2
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