The Ecstasy of Intimacy—Song of Songs

Abstract

“THE SONG OF Songs, which is Solomon’s” (Song 1:1)—that opening ascription is the one conventional statement in the whole book, paralleled as it is by many similar ascriptions to David in Psalms. Yet almost every other aspect of this book is unique within the Bible, starting with the outburst of passionate longing that sets the tenor for the whole:...