Tag: interpretation
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The Divine Pursuit: Seeking Love and Holiness in the Song of Songs (part 6)
“Who Is She?” (3:6-11) This section of the Song seems straightforward on the surface, but the diversity of wildly different interpretations among biblical scholars signals that this may not be the case at all. As with most of the poems in the Song, all is not as it seems. Before we dive in, let’s take…
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The Divine Pursuit: Seeking Love and Holiness in the Song of Songs
Part 2: Title, Authorship, and Historical Interpretation Read Part 1 of this series Title The Song of Songs is a literal English translation of the book’s Hebrew title, Shir Hashirim (lit. “Song of Songs”). The book has also traditionally been referred to as The Song of Solomon. In fact, the full English title of the…
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