tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post8458844686396752964..comments2023-06-05T05:23:40.380-07:00Comments on Dust: Of foxes and ShulamitesBob MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-45069435057400704682010-06-21T15:28:09.084-07:002010-06-21T15:28:09.084-07:00Carl - the result of a search for ShLM is I think ...Carl - the result of a search for ShLM is I think significant. And the structural message 2xfox at or near the beginning and 2xShulamite at or near the end seems to me to be in the nature of a contrasting inclusio. I am going to reread some of your posts to see if I can learn to write a deresh.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-84761970592532010332010-06-19T23:10:45.889-07:002010-06-19T23:10:45.889-07:00Delightful - I will put the letters through a revi...Delightful - I will put the letters through a revised search of the Song and see where it might lead.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-14371062531975526732010-06-19T19:13:07.407-07:002010-06-19T19:13:07.407-07:00Here are two more word plays for your ‘umble consi...Here are two more word plays for your ‘umble consideration: In Genesis Rabbah 66:2 a midrashic relationship is drawn between השולמית and both שלום and משלמת (completeness or stability).Carl Kinbarhttp://midrashetc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-28604798796710566802010-06-19T17:20:03.674-07:002010-06-19T17:20:03.674-07:00Hi Gary - thanks for the comment - yes there is tr...Hi Gary - thanks for the comment - yes there is trouble. Did you see the children's game? I think there are lots of lessons from this verse. I will report on what happens as I try the game tomorrow at a picnic. Somehow it seems to me that the troubles work even if against us - ultimately for good. That vineyard is very important - it is a major theme in the Song. What if the foxes don't Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-86545688651983417082010-06-19T16:40:33.886-07:002010-06-19T16:40:33.886-07:00Foxes are little trouble-makers. GET OUT OF MY VIN...Foxes are little trouble-makers. GET OUT OF MY VINEYARD, FOX!<br /><br />At least, that's where I go with it.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350640852962668641noreply@blogger.com