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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.

been written. It speaks also, as the mystics have always seen, about love between the human soul and God. Further, the poem uses language and symbols that elsewhere in the Bible represent the love that obtains between God and Israel. And finally, it evokes in striking images the beautiful earth; more specifically, it evokes the geography and the flora and fauna of Israel. The land is not only the setting for the love encounter; it also becomes an object of love, especially as the perfumed mountains
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