Kerry Carnahan: Translation of Song of Songs 1:5-6


Kerry Carnahan speaks in December 2020 about her dissertation project translating Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs. Contains an in depth examination of Song 1:5-6, focusing on Shechorah ani v'navah, "I am Black and/but Beautiful." 

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