André LaCocque
André LaCocque
André LaCocque is professor emeritus of Hebrew Scriptures at Chicago Theological Seminary and Director-Founder of the Center of Jewish-Christian Studies. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Thinking Biblically: Exegetical and Hermeneutical Studies, with Paul Ricoeur (University of Chicago Press, 1998) and The Feminine Unconventional: Four Subversive Figures in Israel’s Tradition (Wipf and Stock, 2006).
Love in the Song of Songs
Daringly, Song 8:6 reverses the habitual order of things, where the man states his rights over a chosen woman. Instead, the woman declares herself to be a seal on the man’s arm, claiming ownership over him.