Song of Songs Intro
Intro
About the Song of Songs
Solomon was a very rich king of Israel. #1:0 Israel was the land that God gave to his people, the Israelites, to live in. Jacob was the ancestor of the Israelites and God gave him a new name, Israel. He lived more than 900 years before Jesus Christ. He wrote down many songs and proverbs. ‘Song of Songs’ means that this is the best song of all the songs that he wrote down.
This book has poems about love. It is about love between a man and a woman. In some of the poems, the man is speaking to the woman. In other poems, the woman is speaking to the man. There are also other people, like the woman's friends. We are not always sure who is speaking which poem, but we have shown which person is probably speaking in each place.
Because these are poems, there is a lot of picture language. A word or a group of words can mean two things. Words like ‘vineyard’ or ‘garden’ may describe something beautiful, like the woman's body. We see this in Chapter 4, when the man and woman enjoy each other's bodies.
Some people think that the poems are a picture of the love between God and his people.
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Song of Songs Intro
Intro
About the Song of Songs
Solomon was a very rich king of Israel. #1:0 Israel was the land that God gave to his people, the Israelites, to live in. Jacob was the ancestor of the Israelites and God gave him a new name, Israel. He lived more than 900 years before Jesus Christ. He wrote down many songs and proverbs. ‘Song of Songs’ means that this is the best song of all the songs that he wrote down.
This book has poems about love. It is about love between a man and a woman. In some of the poems, the man is speaking to the woman. In other poems, the woman is speaking to the man. There are also other people, like the woman's friends. We are not always sure who is speaking which poem, but we have shown which person is probably speaking in each place.
Because these are poems, there is a lot of picture language. A word or a group of words can mean two things. Words like ‘vineyard’ or ‘garden’ may describe something beautiful, like the woman's body. We see this in Chapter 4, when the man and woman enjoy each other's bodies.
Some people think that the poems are a picture of the love between God and his people.
MissionAssist 2018-2024