Interpreting the Song of Songs

Interpreting the Song of SongsWhy is the Song of Songs part of the Bible? This question has been answered in various ways throughout the ages, resulting in a greater diversity of interpretations than perhaps any other biblical book. Interpreting the Song of Songs provides soundings from different eras and key interpreters: early Judaism, Origen, Augustine, the medieval era, Martin Luther, and modern and postmodern approaches. The interpretive history of the Song is a captivating

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finding in Jesus's words and actions evidence that he saw himself as the messiah described in the Scriptures of Israel and believed that Israel's restoration hinged on the outcome of his ministry

Essays by prominent scholars bookend the volume

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first creating and then redeeming the world

After spending countless hours studying Hebrew vocabulary

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Thiessen argues for a more historically plausible reading of Paul

the book connects the biblical plotline

the authors delve into the history of chaplaincy work as well as its biblical

The approach Sandoval argues for in The Moral Vision of Proverbs is that of virtue ethics

contributors from all traditions focus on the patristic (especially Greek patristic) heritage