the way you read the liner notes to an album of love songs. And listen to its message like you would listen to the playlist for the dance at a wedding reception. If we read the Song of Songs like a short story, we will be frustrated by its lack of clarity. But if we read this book the way it was meant to be read—as a loose collection of love songs from a steamy romance that became a happy marriage—we will enter into its joy. The song begins with a breathless desire: “Let him kiss