A Commentary on the Song of Solomon (Biblia.com)

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Began as a series of notes for use with his congregation, George Burrowes has collated and fleshed out the notes to form a comprehensive, verse-by-verse commentary on the Song of Songs. Before the summary and exposition, Burrowes provides an in-depth introduction defending the canonicity of the book and the allegorical nature of the Song of Songs.

and made such a comparison not unusual; as in Eccl. 7:1, “A good name is better than precious ointment.” “The name of God is used as a compendious formula to denote his whole moral greatness, the sum of his whole attributes and character. And it is in Jesus that we have the full exhibition of this moral and spiritual excellency.”* The nature of Christ is here illustrated by the richness and pleasantness of the best perfume; and as the very best known to men was not good enough to represent the character

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