![]() The song of songs: Many different interpretive approaches have been used in understanding this great song. ![]() Charles Spurgeon preached 59 sermons on this book (in Victorian England) and Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) preached 86 sermons on chapters one and two alone.ī. All the Scriptures, indeed, are holy… but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies.” (Rabbi Aqiba, an early Jewish commentator on Song of Solomon, cited in Kinlaw) “The entire history of the world from its beginning to this very day does not outshine that day on which this book was given to Israel. No matter what one calls this book it has rightly been highly praised, even by those who have interpreted it in somewhat allegorical and speculative ways. Some call it “Song of Solomon,” some “Song of Songs,” some even use the Latin word for songs, calling it “Canticles.” ![]() It seems that Bible translators cannot even agree on a name for the book. The book has no obvious religious content.” (Kinlaw) “If a manuscript of this little book were found alone, detached from the biblical context and tradition, it undoubtedly would be viewed as secular. If the Song of Solomon was not in our Bible and we were to discover it as an ancient document from the time of Solomon, it is unlikely that we would include it in the collection of Old Testament books. ![]() The song of songs: This great song, or collection of poetic songs, is unique in the Bible. Introduction to the Maiden, the Beloved, and the daughters of Jerusalem.
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