Song of Songs

Song of Songs


The Genre of this book is a narrative poem from the books of wisdom. The theme of this book is a celebration of Gods holy gift of love and sexuality in the context of marriage. This book speaks of Gods wisdom in a very important area of our lives our sexual and intimate relationship with our spouse. That sex is good and precious and given to us by God and to be enjoyed within marriage. The key character and events are as follows. This is a poem of two lovers. A young woman from a dysfunctional family is unable to pay a debt to the king Solomon. She is taken to his harem to be his concubine to pay her debt. She cannot forget her true love a Sheppard. Her passionate love drives her to escape to be with her lover in the countryside. The poem tells of their intense love for each other. That this mutual love leads to marriage. They end up in the end paying the debt to the king and are free to stay together in the countryside togethe

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