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Resources for Song of Songs
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
 | Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
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Song of Solomon at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about
Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based
self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced
Studies also available at their site. |
| Song
of Solomon, Wikipedia. |
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Song
of Songs, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910. |
| The Catholic Encyclopedia: Canticle of Canticles. |
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Introduction to
the Book of Song of Songs, New American Bible. |
| Introduction,
Outline, and
Selected Bibliography for
the Song of Solomon, by David Malick at the Biblical
Studies Foundation. |
| Bible
Basics (Song of Solomon) by NetMinistries.
(Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words) |
| Song of Songs in the World Wide Study Bible. |
| Walking
Through the Bible: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. |
| Biblenotes
summary: Song of Solomon. |
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| Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
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Commentary on the Song of Songs, Gregory the Great. |
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Song of Solomon, Geneva Study Bible, 1599. |
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Song of Solomon, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706. |
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Song of Solomon, Wesley's Notes, c 1760. |
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Song of Solomon, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. |
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Song of Solomon, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917. |
| "Wisdom
Writings," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature,
1968. |
| Song
of Solomon or Canticles, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. |
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Song of Solomon,
Expository Notes,
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 2005 edition. |
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| Articles and Background:
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"Reading the Song of Songs as a Classic," David J.A. Clines, University of
Sheffield, 2000. |
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"Where God is
Not: The Book of Esther and Song of Songs," by Dr. David R. Blumenthal, Professor
of Judaic Studies, Emory University. |
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The
Greatest Songs, by Peter M. Paulsen. (Religion
Online) |
| Song of Solomon, from
And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by
Ronald L. Ecker. |
| "The
End of Desire: THeologies of Eros in The Song of Songs and
Breaking the Waves," Kyle Keefer and Tod Linafelt, Journal of
Religion and Film, 1998. |
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"Gender and the Shaping of Desire in the Song of Songs and
Its Interpretations,"
David Carr, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf
file. Slow connections will require long download times.) |
| "Why
Should I Read the Song of Solomon?"
James T. Dennison Jr., in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology
(Reformed) |
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"Postcritical Fulfillment and Deferral: Do Not Awaken Love Too Soon,"
William Wesley Elkins. |
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"Medieval Women Mystics and the Song of Songs," E. Ann Matter, 2000. |
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"How Mystics Hear the Song," W. Dennis Tucker, Jr., (other resources
at)
"Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2006. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Brenner, Athalya,
"The Food of Love: Gendered Food and Food Imagery in the Song of Songs,"
Semeia, 1999. |
| Brenner, Athalya,
"Gazing Back at the Shulammite, Yet Again," Biblical Interpretation,
2003. |
| Burrus, Virginia, and Stephen D. Moore,
"Unsafe Sex: Feminism, Pornography, and the Song of Songs," Biblical
Interpretation, 2003. |
| Carr, David,
"Gender and the Shaping of Desire in the Song of Songs and Its
Interpretations," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000. |
| Grossberg, Daniel,
"Nature, Humanity and Love in Song of Songs," Interpretation,
2005. |
| Hagedorn, Anselm, C.,
"Of Foxes and Vineyards: Greek Perspectives on the Song of Songs,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2003. |
| Harding, Kathryn, "'I sought him but I did not find
him': The Elusive Lover in the Song of Songs," Biblical
Interpretation, 2008.
Image Browse -
PDF |
| Parsons, Greg W.,
"Guidelines for Understanding and Utilizing the Song of Songs,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1999. |
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Song of Songs,
issue focus of Interpretation, 2005. |
| Sparks, Kent, "The Song of Songs:
Wisdom for Young Jewish Women," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2008.
Image Browse -
PDF |
| Tanner, J. Paul,
"The History of Interpretation of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 1997. |
| Tanner, J. Paul,
"The Message of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1997. |
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| Reviews:
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Review: Tremper Longman, Song of Songs. (Eerdmans, 2001) Review
by Ellen Frances Davis in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Tremper Longman, Song of Songs. (Eerdmans,
2001) Review by Athalya Brenner in
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
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Review: Dianne Bergant, The Song of Songs. (The Liturgical Press,
2001) Reviews by Richard G. Smith, David M. Carr and Francis Landy (3
reviews) in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review: George M. Schwab, The Song of Songs' Cautionary Message
Concerning Human Love. (Lang, 2002) Review by Richard G. Smith in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Reviews:
Richard A. Norris, ed., The Song of Songs: Interpreted by the Early
Church and Medieval Commentators. Eerdmans, 2003. Reviews by Athalya
Brenner and Stephen Von
Wyrick in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Reviews:
J. Cheryl Exum, Song of Songs. Westminster John Knox, 2005. Reviews
by Christoph Uehlinger, Mark McEntire and Athalya Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
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Review:
Richard S. Hess, Song of Songs. Baker, 2005. Review by Athalya
Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
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Review:
Robert J. Wright, ed., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
InterVarsity Press, 2005. Review by Jutta Krispenz, Review of Biblical
Literature, 2007. |
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