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Illustrations to Song of Songs (4:1–6)
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There have traditionally been two different interpretations of the biblical Song of Songs. It can be read as an erotic love poem or as a poem of yearning for the Land of Israel. Ze’ev Raban’s…

Contributor:

Ze’ev Raban

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1911–1918

Subjects:

Art, Bible, Sex, Sexuality, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Illustration of nude woman embraced by clothed, turbaned man, surrounded by border of geometric shapes, animals, cityscapes, and plants, and Hebrew text on the bottom.