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.

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.

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.