The Song of Songs

Love Lyrics from the Bible

Marcia Falk

Striking in its appeal to the senses, the Song of Songs—the Bible’s only book of love poems—is remarkable for its lack of sexual stereotyping and its expression of mutuality in relationships between men and women. Marcia Falk’s rich and lyrical translation, praised by poets and scholars alike, is paired here with the original Hebrew text.

Series:

HBI Series on Jewish Women

Paper: $19.95

ISBN-13: 9781584654230

Pages: 113 | Size: 4.5 in. x 8 in.

Date Published: September 10, 2004

Imprint:

Brandeis University Press

Reviews

Marcia Falk's translation is a beautiful and sensual poem in its own right . . . one of the great classics of the art of translation. It's always a thrill when (as rarely happens) the scholar's mind and the poet's soul come together.

Adrienne Rich
Professor Falk took the world's most beautiful, powerful and mysterious collection of ancient love poetry and made it more beautiful, more powerful and less mystifying. Her sensitive, evocative English translation honors the Song's nonsexist expression of erotic love . . . this slim volume makes a perfect engagement gift and would be treasured by anyone who appreciates great poetry from a scholarly or an emotional perspective.

Jewish Book World
Many readers loved her reinterpretations of classic texts... Congregations around the country have adopted some of her prayers.

The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
An exceptional poetic job. Marcia Falk has great power in her language.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nobel Prize Laureate

About the Author

Marcia Falk

Marcia Falk, a Brandeis University alumna, is the author of three books of poems and several highly acclaimed translations of biblical and modern poetry, including The Song of Songs: Love Lyrics from the Bible. The Days Between is the long-awaited sequel to her groundbreaking liturgical work, The Book of Blessings: New Jewish Prayers for Daily Life, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival.

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