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Song of Songs

Singing Sex’s Praises

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  • John A. Davies

This article shows that the Song of Songs is a book that points us to be beauty of sex as God intended it, and it points us to our relationship with Christ.

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Song of Songs – Canonical Yet Problematic

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

The canonicity of the Song of Songs has been questioned less than the holiness of the book. This article discusses some of the history of this matter, and explains that the book is to be read openly, for the Word of the Lord is pure.

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Song of Songs – Male and Female He Created Them

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article considers the creation of man and woman in Paradise, to help us appreciate the beauty of the Song of Songs. It discusses beauty discovered, lost, and restored again.

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Song of Songs - Part of the Canon

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article discusses why and how the Song of Songs received a place in the canon. To that end it discusses its divine and human authorship, as well as the appropriateness of such a book in the Bible, as it highlights sexuality as a gift from God.

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Song of Songs 2:7 - The Restraint on the Way of a Man with a Woman

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article on Song of Songs 2:7 is about sexual intimacy and how this is preserved for marriage.

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Loving the Jesus Who Loves His Church

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  • Stephen G. Myers

How should we interpret the Song of Songs? What is its primary message? Is its primary message about human love, or about the love between Christ and his church? This article weighs in.

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Song of Songs for Us Today

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article considers how the Song of Songs can be applied to today. It discusses sexuality, dating, and marriage.

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Christ’s Call of Love To His Hiding Dove

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  • David H. Kranendonk

What is the Song of Songs all about? This article sheds some light on how we can read the book: focus on the call of Christ to his bride.

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Song of Songs and its Interpretation

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

How shall we interpret the Song of Songs? This article discusses ways in which it has been interpreted—as allegory, drama, a collection of wedding songs, and a cultic book—and then suggests how it should be interpreted, as a manual for those engaged on their way to marriage.

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Song of Songs 8:12a: Who Said It?

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  • Robert L. Alden

To whom are the words spoken in Song of Songs 8:12? This article is an exegetical analysis of this verse.

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Some New Thoughts about the Song of Solomon

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  • Sherwood Eliot Wirt

What is the nature of the Song of Songs or Song of Solomon? Wirt wants to read the book as a collection of love poems between two lovers.

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Is the Song of Songs a "Sacred Marriage" Drama?

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  • G. Lloyd Carr

What is the literary type that Song of Songs belongs to? Is is drama, poetry, or a song? The essay argues that it is lyric love poetry.

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A Parabolic View of the Song of Solomon

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  • Thomas E. Fountain

This paper concerns itself with the interpretation of the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs). It provides a historical overview of the interpretation of the book, beginning with an allegorical approach.

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Cultic Clues in Canticles?

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  • Edwin M. Yamauchi

How should we interpret the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs? Some interpreters find many cultic clues in Canticles and read it as a cultic document. This essay evaluates such an interpretation.

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The Mandrake and the Ancient World

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  • R. K. Harrison

The mandrake plant mentioned a number of times in the Old Testament is studied in this article. There is a reference in the Song of Songs 7:13 to this plant recognizing the fragrance of the mandrake flower as well as the familiar aphrodisiac use of it.

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Gazelles, Does, and Flames: (De)limiting Love in Song of Songs

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  • Andrew E. Steinmann

Song of Songs 8:6 compares love with a flame. This article proposes that the image is used to both define and limit the expression of that love.

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Song of Songs 8:5-7 - Leaning on Christ

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  • Donald S. Fortner

Working from Song of Songs 8:5-7, this article shows that the true nature of biblical faith is that it leans on Christ, expresses itself in prayer, and perseveres.

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Song of Songs 1:1-2:7

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article is a Bible study on Song of Songs 1:1-Song of Songs 2:7.

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Song of Songs 2:8-3:5

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article is a Bible study on Song of Songs 2:8-Song of Songs 3:5.

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Song of Songs 3:6-5:8

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article is a Bible study on Song of Songs 3:6-Song of Songs 5:8.

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Song of Songs 5:9-8:4

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article is a Bible study on Song of Songs 5:9-Song of Songs 8:4.

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Song of Songs 8:5-14

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  • Heinrich M. Ohmann

This article is a Bible study on Song of Songs 8:5-14.

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