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Shulamite

SULAMITE

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Also known as: Shulammite

SHULAMITE (Heb. Šûlammîth, Septuagint Σουναμίτις). - Name given to the bride of the Song of Songs (6:12; 7:1), the shepherdess who loves a shepherd of her own age and village, by whom she is loved in return, and both feel the transport for the enchantment of nature and the innocent life of the fields, among which they grew up together.

Some have confused her, without reason, with Abishag (v.), the maiden of Shunem (called for that reason Shunammite) who was given to support the old King David (1 Kings 1:3 ff.). The name is probably symbolic: it could be the feminine form, slightly altered, of the name of Solomon (Šelōmīth, the "peaceful one"); such symbolism (Israel, the faithful soul, the Virgin Mary) is related to the general allegory of the Song of Songs.

Bibliography

BIBL.: E. J. Goodspeed, The Shulamite, in American journ. of Semit. languages, 50 (1933-34), pp. 102-104.

Gaetano Stano

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1499.

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Stano, Gaetano. “Sulamite (Ebr. ŠÚlammĪTh, settanta σουναμίτις).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1499. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sulamite-ebr-sulammith-settanta-sounamitis.

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Stano, Gaetano. “Sulamite (Ebr. ŠÚlammĪTh, settanta σουναμίτις).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1499. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sulamite-ebr-sulammith-settanta-sounamitis.

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  author    = {Stano, Gaetano},
  title     = {Sulamite (Ebr. ŠÚlammĪTh, settanta σουναμίτις)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1499},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sulamite-ebr-sulammith-settanta-sounamitis}
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