Song of Solomon

The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanach.

It is also sometimes called, 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 text of the book is a poetic exchange between two lovers.

Traditionally, Solomon is considered the author, but this is by not considered conclusive.

It has been traditionally interpreted as an allegorical poem setting forth the mutual love of Christ and the Church, under the emblem of the bridegroom and the bride. (Compare Matt. 9:15; John 3:29; Eph. 5:23, 27, 29; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9; 22:17. Compare also Ps. 45; Isa. 54:4-6; 62:4, 5; Jer. 2:2; 3:1, 20; Ezek. 16; Hos. 2:16, 19, 20.)

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Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 -- Please update as needed