Tag: Love
Nijay Gupta – The Affections of Christ Jesus
Episode: “What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me).” These song lyrics–juxtaposing love and hurt–remind us that ‘love’ is used so frequently and flexibily in our culture that it is in […]
Shai Held – Judaism is About Love
Episode: Dru and Shai have a wide-ranging conversation about the use of Jewish sages in theology, gratuitous suffering, Jesus’s interpretation of Torah, and more on love. Shai Held’s work innovatively explores […]
The Body, Love, Land, and Secrecy – Brent Strawn
Episode: Brent talks about the celebration of the body in Song of Songs and Sharon Olds’ “Topography,” in a series of what he calls “Whoohiya!” moments. About: In Parallel is […]
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A Poem about Love and Death (Song 8:6-7) – Brent Strawn
A meditation on Song of Song 8:6-7, a poem about love and death, written and narrated by Brent Strawn. This is from our podcast In Parallel. For future episodes, please subscribe wherever you listen (Apple Podcasts, Spotify). In Parallel is a new podcast that explores biblical and contemporary poetry.
Jon Levenson – The Love of God
Episode: Jon Levenson joins OnScript to discuss his recent book The Love of God (Princeton, 2016). Jon and Matt L. discuss how the concept of ‘love’ differed in ancient Israel, whether […]