surprised to find it used more often in the Song of Songs than in any other Bible book. Here the young bride-to-be wears a sachet of myrrh between her breasts, which she likens to her beloved (Song 1:13); her breasts themselves are likened to a “mountain of myrrh” and “hill of incense” (4:6). She is further pictured as a garden that includes myrrh (4:14; 5:1) and as one whose hands drip with myrrh (5:5). The pleasant scent of myrrh and all the sensual overtones that go with it are also linked to