在我看來，《雅歌》可以隱喻為上帝與以色列民的親密關係，同樣地亦可以應用在人與人的愛情中。所羅門整篇經詩講述到男女主角彼此吸引直到相互信賴鍾愛，再經過分離磨練，但不懼苦難最後終成眷屬。《雅歌》的美不僅於是詩，更因為內容裡描述忠貞不渝的愛情觀。
但對比現今盛行速食愛情的時代，許多沈淪在肉體歡愉，背叛出軌的關係。當代對於愛情觀的定義含糊抽象，如果所羅門生於此世的話，他會大感諷刺，抑或改變立場，融入這個混亂漩渦之中？
Although this is for PhD writers, I think the notion of "criticality" applies to our courses in Divinity School: "Doctoral writers are expected to show “criticality” in their thinking and writing. But what does this actually mean? Criticality has a specific academic meaning. A meaning that isn’t quite the same as the one that is in ordinary use. It’s a bit like “argument”. Outside the scholarly world, an argument is where people disagree with each other. Inside the scholarly world, an argument is about making a persuasive case, using evidence from published and new work to back an interpretation and claims being made. There’s a similar difference with criticality. Ordinarily, being critical is taken to mean being negative or disapproving, perhaps expressing dislike. However, being critical can also mean analysing strengths and weaknesses, merit and faults. Think for example of food critics who offer their take on restaurants and how good the meals and service are. O...
又咁講，王上11:1-8都指出所羅門妃700人，嬪300，假設係真事先啦，經文11:1雖指出呢班妃嬪都係為左邦交關係，但我都問所羅門會唔會好似同學你所指出咁純愛呢？
ReplyDelete所羅門跟隨別神，甚至拜勁多神（至少都有3個）
雅歌所顯示嘅純愛同忠貞，似乎超越當時嘅「現實」，如果真係所羅門手筆，咁⋯佢提出嘅呢種忠貞純愛或者佢只係一個理想？
或者詩人會唔會係籍所羅門諷刺/提醒讀者對神嘅忠旁同對自己所愛嘅人要忠誠？
至於今日的愛情觀，速食文化等，現實係所羅門或者更令人感到諷刺。
事實上，面對現實社會，阻止唔信嘅人，甚至話改變佢地嘅價值觀，其實好難。但係，咁唔等於我地放棄表達同溝通嘅～我地點樣活出信仰，反思速食文化同肉慾泛濫所帶黎嘅問題，佢背後核心問題係咩呢？或者由「到底佢發生過咩事」開始？
對於呢個「核心」問題，真係好複雜。（生命問題呢回事，真係講出黎好似好簡單但真係好複雜～）筆者認為缺乏盼望、感受唔到滿足等，呢D同原生家庭所帶黎嘅缺同好多好複習嘅事情有關。而我地作信徒嘅，或者只能由接納對方、聆聽對方開始⋯⋯
另一方面，我地自己對忠誠嘅概念同立場，的確由信仰作為基礎，而且努力堅守，係真係好重要～