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To many of us, Song of Songs is a puzzling book. Often we’re not sure whether we should read it as romantic poetry or as allegory, and an answer either way raises new questions. Why is a love poem a whole book of the Bible? If it’s allegorical, what are we to make of the imagery used? And if we’re not married or dating, should we be reading this book at all? As a part of Scripture, Song of Songs...

Daughters of Jerusalem 6:1 Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Woman 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to flowerbeds of balsam, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine —he who grazes in the lilies. “And so they lived happily ever after …” is the typical fairy-tale ending. Except that they didn’t. No one ever does. Had it been a true story, Prince Charming would
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