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J. Cheryl Exum, “The Little Sister and Solomon’s Vineyard: Song of Songs 8:8-12 as a Lovers’ Dialogue,” in Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients (ed. R. Troxel et al.; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2005), 271.)| false
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Exum, “The Little Sister,” 271. Similarly, Ellie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs (New York: T&T Clark, 2009), 246; Othmar Keel, The Song of Songs: A Continental Commentary (trans. F. Gaiser; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994), 277-79.

Exum, “The Little Sister,” 271. Similarly, Ellie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs (New York: T&T Clark, 2009), 246; Othmar Keel, The Song of Songs: A Continental Commentary (trans. F. Gaiser; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994), 277-79.)| false
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Emphasis added. Michael V. Fox, The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), 171; Michael Fishbane suggests that the brothers might be considering both options: building her appearance, or guarding her virtue (The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs [Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2015], 216).

Emphasis added. Michael V. Fox, The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), 171; Michael Fishbane suggests that the brothers might be considering both options: building her appearance, or guarding her virtue (The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs [Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2015], 216).)| false
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Emphasis added. Roland Murphy, The Song of Songs: A Commentary on the Book of Canticles or The Song of Songs (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990) 191. Similarly, Fox, The Song of Songs, 173.

Emphasis added. Roland Murphy, The Song of Songs: A Commentary on the Book of Canticles or The Song of Songs (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990) 191. Similarly, Fox, The Song of Songs, 173.)| false
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Yigael Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands: In the Light of Archaeological Study (trans. M. Pearlman; New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963) 20.

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Carol Meyers, “Gender Imagery in the Song of Songs,” in A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs (ed. A. Brenner; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 197-212.

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Pope, Song of Songs, 680; Keel, The Song of Songs, 279; Fox, The Song of Songs, 173.

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Duane Garrett, Song of Songs, 260.

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Tawil, “Two Biblical Architectural Images,” 42.

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Ephʿal, The City Besieged, 52.

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Lichtheim, Miriam, Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings (3 vols; 2d ed.; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973) 2:33; Ephʿal, The City Besieged, 36.

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Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2:33; Ephʿal, The City Besieged, 36-38.

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Pope, Song of Songs, 678-83; Longman, Song of Songs, 217; Or, older siblings, Jean-Marie Auwers/Pieter Van Petegem, “Les Voix du Cantique des cantiques: Qui dit quoi dans le poème?” zaw 121 (2009) 551.

Pope, Song of Songs, 678-83; Longman, Song of Songs, 217; Or, older siblings, Jean-Marie Auwers/Pieter Van Petegem, “Les Voix du Cantique des cantiques: Qui dit quoi dans le poème?” zaw 121 (2009) 551.)| false
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Francis Landy, Paradoxes of Paradise: Identity and Difference in the Song of Songs (Sheffield: The Almond Press, 1983), 160.

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Exum, “Little Sister,” 274.

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Garrett, Song of Songs, 258-259; Theophile J. Meek, “The Song of Songs: Introduction and Exegesis,” ib 85 (1973) 75-76.

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Exum, “Little Sister,” 277.

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Pace Exum, “Little Sister,” 273.

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Following Gordis, The Song of Songs (New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1954), 97.

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Yigael Yadin, Art of Warfare, 18.

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Gordis, The Song of Songs, 75; Cf. Landy, Paradoxes of Paradise, 162; On the violence of city-conquest imagery, Ulrike Bail, Gegen das Schweigen klagen: Eiene Intertextutuelle Studie zu den Klagepsalmen Ps 6 und Ps 55 und der Erzählung von der Vergewaltigung Tamars (Gütersloh: Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998), 177.

Gordis, The Song of Songs, 75; Cf. Landy, Paradoxes of Paradise, 162; On the violence of city-conquest imagery, Ulrike Bail, Gegen das Schweigen klagen: Eiene Intertextutuelle Studie zu den Klagepsalmen Ps 6 und Ps 55 und der Erzählung von der Vergewaltigung Tamars (Gütersloh: Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998), 177.)| false
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Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 3:74; Pnina Galpaz-Feller, “The Victory Stela of King Piye: The Biblical Perspective on War and Peace,” rb 100 (1993): 399-414.

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Hans-Peter Müller, Das Hohelied/Klagedlieder/Das Buch Ester: Übersetzt und erklärt von Hans-Peter Müller, Otto Kaiser, und James Alfred Loader (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992), 88; Cf. 2 Sam 20:19-21; Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 3:75; See Ephʿal, The City Besieged, 44-48.

Hans-Peter Müller, Das Hohelied/Klagedlieder/Das Buch Ester: Übersetzt und erklärt von Hans-Peter Müller, Otto Kaiser, und James Alfred Loader (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992), 88; Cf. 2 Sam 20:19-21; Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 3:75; See Ephʿal, The City Besieged, 44-48.)| false
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