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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs is unavailable, but you can change that!

These books of the Bible, despite their differences, all treat the phenomenon of what it means to live wisely before God. In this readable commentary, Ellen Davis points out that the writers of these books considered wisdom—and the fruits of wisdom, a well-ordered life and a peaceful mind—to be within the grasp of anyone wholeheartedly desiring it.

The task of writing a theological commentary on the Song of Songs is a daunting one. Is it the least “biblical” book in the Bible, or the most? There is in the whole book not a single overt reference to God, to prayer, or to any aspect of Israel’s religious practice or tradition. Archaeological discoveries of the past century have revealed a pronounced resemblance between the Song of Songs and the love poetry of ancient Egypt. Some scholars now believe that the biblical
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