Books and resources.
Song of Solomon by Kamina Wüst is the best work on that subject I've ever read! She has such insight and her knowledge of Hebrew and theology make this a rich study.
Randy Scheil, Charles Simeon Trust
Everything you always wanted to know about the Song of Songs but didn't know you should ask, in under 30,000 words.
Perfect for the busy preacher who needs to write a series on the Song and doesn't know where to start; for the Bible study leader who wants more confidence fielding tricky questions from their group; or for the keen lay Christian who wants to wrap their head around the Song of Songs.
It's not the last book you should read on the Song, but make it the first.
Perfect for the busy preacher who needs to write a series on the Song and doesn't know where to start; for the Bible study leader who wants more confidence fielding tricky questions from their group; or for the keen lay Christian who wants to wrap their head around the Song of Songs.
It's not the last book you should read on the Song, but make it the first.
I have suggested or given away your book to over a dozen pastors...the book has been immensely helpful.
Jeremy Meeks, Director of The Chicago Course on Preaching
Six bible studies to use alone, with a friend or with a Bible study group.
King Solomon infamously maintained a harem of women who turned his heart away from God, so why is the Bible’s only piece of love poetry named after him? Does the Song have anything to say to single people? And where can God be found in a book that barely alludes to his name?
Let's find out!
King Solomon infamously maintained a harem of women who turned his heart away from God, so why is the Bible’s only piece of love poetry named after him? Does the Song have anything to say to single people? And where can God be found in a book that barely alludes to his name?
Let's find out!
The Song of Songs in the Hebrew Bible: Inner-Biblical Allusions Embodied by Solomon and the Daughters of Jerusalem
A$33.00
A digital copy of my PhD thesis in full, edited and updated for a public audience.
Extant interpretations of the Song of Songs span almost two millennia, yet there is no decisive consensus as to the meaning of this book.
“King Solomon” and “daughters of Jerusalem” are appellations which embody links to other biblical texts, or more accurately to literary figures generated by multiple texts across the canon. Yet their identities have been treated with disinterest by scholars who claim that Solomon’s name represents nothing more than a glamorous backdrop to the Song, and that the daughters are an isolated literary invention who exist merely so the woman has somebody to speak to.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the identities of Solomon and the daughters of Jerusalem within the Song as potential points of contact with other parts of Hebrew scripture. The inner-biblical allusions uncovered suggest a new interpretative direction for the Song of Songs. Far from sitting uncomfortably alongside its fellows in the Hebrew Bible, the Song is revealed to be bound tightly into the fabric of the canon by a complex network of previously invisible threads.
Extant interpretations of the Song of Songs span almost two millennia, yet there is no decisive consensus as to the meaning of this book.
“King Solomon” and “daughters of Jerusalem” are appellations which embody links to other biblical texts, or more accurately to literary figures generated by multiple texts across the canon. Yet their identities have been treated with disinterest by scholars who claim that Solomon’s name represents nothing more than a glamorous backdrop to the Song, and that the daughters are an isolated literary invention who exist merely so the woman has somebody to speak to.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the identities of Solomon and the daughters of Jerusalem within the Song as potential points of contact with other parts of Hebrew scripture. The inner-biblical allusions uncovered suggest a new interpretative direction for the Song of Songs. Far from sitting uncomfortably alongside its fellows in the Hebrew Bible, the Song is revealed to be bound tightly into the fabric of the canon by a complex network of previously invisible threads.
