Shulamith

The name Shulamith, which occurs in 6.13, is one of many terms of endearment given to the princess bride by Solomon.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

Mahadevan also wrote short stories and novella in Hindi as well as a novel entitled Apnar Ghar (A Home of One’s Own), translated into English under the title Shulamith (1980).

Bene Israel. 2009

As the couple prepares for the deepest level of sexual intimacy, Solomon tenderly calls Shulamith “my sister, my bride” a third time.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

In fact, Solomon calls Shulamith “my sister, my bride” four times, tenderly reminding her of their intimate bond at each stage of increasing intimacy.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

It is not the same word Shulamith often uses to refer to her “beloved.”

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

In the course of her long career, she introduced characters such as Shulamith, the gallant girl of the Second Temple era, and Dinah, the warrior consort of hero Simeon Bar Kokhba.

Yiddish Musical Theater in the United States. 2009

Note 1: The most problematic examples of this type of work are the synthetic overviews, such as Shulamith Shahar, Childhood in the Middle Ages (New York, 1990) and Nicholas Orme, Medieval Children (New Haven and London, 2001). back

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

So after Solomon calls Shulamith’s eyes doves in 1.15, she continues the imagery with, “Yes, our resting place is in the trees, and the beams of our houses are cedar trees, and our rafters are cypress trees.”

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

Shulamith Firestone deems motherhood “a condition of terminal psychological and social decay, total self-abnegation and physical deterioration.”

On Being a Bad Mother 2009

Shulamith Firestone deems motherhood “a condition of terminal psychological and social decay, total self-abnegation and physical deterioration.”

On Being a Bad Mother 2009