The Song of Solomon

THE SONG OF SOLOMON - This book, the only one in the Bible that has love for its sole theme, is a collection or cycle of marriage songs. Again, as with Ecclesiastes, the composition is about Solomon, and not by him. The Song is didactic and moral in its purpose, and has traditionally been interpreted as showing God’s love for His Chosen People and Christ’s love for His Bride, the Church.

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Solomon, Song of @ called also, after the Vulgate, the "Canticles." It is the "song of songs" (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, "das Hohelied," as Luther calls it. The Solomonic authorship of this book has been called in question, but evidences, both internal and external, fairly establish the traditional view that it is the product of Solomon's pen. It is an allegorical poem setting forth the mutual love of Christ and the Church, under the emblem of the bridegroom and the bride. (Compare kjv@Matthew:9:15; kjv@John:3:29; kjv@Ephesians:5:23 kjv@Ephesians:5:27, 29; kjv@Revelation:19:7-9 kjv@Revelation:21:2 kjv@Revelation:21:9 kjv@Revelation:22:17 . Compare also kjv@Psalms:45; kjv@Isaiah:54:4-6 kjv@Isaiah:62:4-5; kjv@Jeremiah:2:2 kjv@Jeremiah:3:1-20; kjv@Ezekiel:16; kjv@Hosea:2:16 kjv@Hosea:2:19, 20.)

kjv@Songs:1-8	Song 1-8
kjv@Isaiah:12	Songs of Praise