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Song of Solomon: An Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Song of Solomon, as its Hebrew title indicates, is “the best of songs.” In it we hear the passionate melody of romantic love. But whose love is described? Is it a couple’s love for each other, God’s love for Israel or Christ’s love for the church? This Old Testament book has fascinated and perplexed interpreters for centuries. They have felt uncomfortable—even embarrassed—when confronted with...

the account was understood in terms of the Lord’s relationship with Israel. As the prophet Hosea (chs. 1–3) used his own unhappy marital situation to illustrate the spiritual fornication (idolatry) that Israel committed by turning to worship the Canaanite god Baal, so it was an easy step from there to reading the Song of Solomon in a similar fashion: the beloved is Israel, the lover is the Lord, and the Song recounts the loving relationship which ideally exists between the nation and her God. Some
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