The art of love lyrics
Subtitle: in memory of Bernard Couroyer, OP and Hans Jacob Polotsky, first Egyptologists in Jerusalem
By: under the direction of Sara I. Groll, Shalom Paul, Marcel Sigrist ; ed. by Krsysztof Modras.
Contributors: Couroyer, B. 1900-1993.; Polotsky, Hans Jacob, 1905-; Israelit-Groll, Sarah.; Paul, Shalom M.; Sigrist, Marcel.; Modras, Krsysztof.
Series: Cahiers de la Revue biblique,; 49
Publisher: Gabalda
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Papyrus Harris no. 500; Bible. O.T. Leviticus XIX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism; Love -- Middle East; Love poetry, Egyptian -- History and criticism; Egyptian literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
Notes: Text in English, introduction in French, and some  citations in hieroglyphic and coptic.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-48).
Six of nine lectures from a conference held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 18 May 1998.
Table of contents: title: Song of Songs, riddle of riddles / Y. Zakovitch; title: Ancient Egyptian love songs : Papyrus Harris 500 / S. Wimmer; title: Maternal love in ancient Greece / D. Gera; title: "Love your neighbor" in Leviticus 19 and in ancient Egyptian / M. Lichtheim; title: Love as political power / S. I. Groll; title: Love in Coptic monastic tradition / K. Modras.