Comments on: Song of Songs: What is Love?

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Matt Glover — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:03:52 +0000

Thanks Paul!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:28:08 +0000

Hey Matt. Very nicely written.

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By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 01 May 2006 09:23:04 +0000

hurry up with the next sermon notes! I have a _good_ comment!

By: Matt Glover

Matt Glover — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:58:03 +0000

Yep, the headings are a later addition, and in reality, nothing more than a ‘best guess’. There is always some confusion as to who is saying what and when, so some translations will have different headings in different places.

Having said that, it doesn’t really change the beauty of the poetry and the expression of love that’s there.

There is a fourth player in the Song that I neglected to mention too. It’s the ‘friends’ or the ‘crowd’. Those that are celebrating the love and marriage of the man and woman, but they play a fairly minor role.

I’m referring to four different comentaries in my prep for this series, and all four take a different approach to the interpretation. In the end, I’ve chosen what seems to make the most sense to me, but be aware that there are always alternative views.

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:10:20 +0000

I was just going to challenge the “bad egg theory”- but then I read Song of Songs again. This really holds up in the earlier chapters, where the lover is looking through the lattice.

But then we come to chapter 6 (v8), where the lover says: 60 queens there may be, and 80 concubines, and virgins beyond number, but my dove, my perfect one, is unique…

I guess it’s poetry, and you can interpret poetry in many different ways.

My take is that Beloved is being courted by JoeSchmo Israelite, and also by Solomon. So perhaps lover is used for two people? What do other bibles say? I assume the italicised headings are not part of the bible, rather something that depends on translation. I know that spanish bibles often have different titles at different places to the english NIV.

I enjoyed Sunday’s service, and am really looking forward to this series!

(and I agree Pam- bring on the prince!)

By: Bec

Bec — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:18:44 +0000

Thanks for the ‘bad egg’ insight! I confess I’ve never thought about it much before, although have on the odd occasion mused over the selection of talking about just ‘one’ specific lover. I now get to go back and read it with the new slant and a lot more to think about.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:29:44 +0000

Love seems to have 2 major reactions there are those who think of the fairy tale version of love the involves a princess being swept away by her prince. Or those who have lost all hope and thrown love in the trash, along with world peace.
Me I’m a fairy tale person. Bring on the prince;)