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The Minor Prophets, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 5 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

the lives of a man and woman. It deals with mature love, not prostitution and infatuation, but it is similar to the Nakhtsobek Songs in structural conception. Individual songs work together to give the audience a coherent if highly poetic interpretation of the joy and significance of sexual love. Like the Nakhtsobek Songs, Song of Songs focuses on a single moment of life, but here it is the marriage and first union of a man and woman. ► Egyptian Love Poetry The Egyptian love songs contain the closest
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