She Brought the Art of Women by Janet Tyson

She Brought the Art of Women by Janet Tyson

What would happen if the interpretation of Song of Solomon were to move beyond the layered traditions of rabbinic Judaism, the theological concerns of Christian communities, or even the Enlightenment ideals of a rigorously objective secular hermeneutic? This new reading by Janet Tyson provides a fascinating answer to that question. -Timothy Paul Erdel, Bethel University

The Song of Solomon is an intimate, eyewitness account of the stormy marriage between the last King of Babylon, Nabonidus, and the Egyptian princess Nitocris II. It details the couple's seven-year stay in Tayma, Arabia, during which time the king formulated his plan to reinstate a long-defunct female priesthood at Ur, in honour of the lunar deity, S n. The Song was written by a female scribe, during the exodus from Babylon in c.538 BCE; she is potentially recorded elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. Her 'song of praise' tells of magic, blood rites, jealousy and rivalry, contraception, miscarriage, lies and curses. It bears all the signs of an act of vengeance, for it preserves the bitter resentment of a woman who lived in the shadow of the king's most exotic wife.

Topics of interest include:

* A consistent pattern of applied Ishtar/Hathor mythology

* Potential insight into the function of the God's Hand

* The use of Jewish gematria

* Clear allusions to the esoteric rite known today as the Elixir Rubeus

* Internal chronology that mirrors the reign of Nabonidus, including a lunar eclipse

* Profound parallels between Nabonidus and King Solomon

* Strong connections between Herodotus and the Song's narrative

* Potential identification of the Song's author and date of composition

* Other ancient legends revealing this same interpretation

Janet Tyson has an MA in Biblical Studies and was a T&M Wagner Foundation Graduate Fellow (UBC, Canada). She is the Author of The Testament of Lazarus: The Pre-Christian Gospel of John.

Janet Stiles Tyson is an independent researcher, writer and lecturer in histories of visual and material culture. A native of the U.S. state of Michigan, she holds Masters degrees in Art History and Studio Art and entered the MPhil program at Birkbeck, University of London, in 2017. She lives in England for much of the year now, and and focuses her research on an eighteenth-century botanical text called 'A Curious Herbal'.

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ISBN 13	9781739315443
Title	She Brought the Art of Women
Author	Janet Tyson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Piristu Books
Year published	2023-06-01
Number of pages	300
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