Song Of Songs

Here Robert Jenson offers a systematic theologian's careful reading of the Song of Songs. Jenson focuses on the overt sense of the book as an erotic love poem in order to discover how this evocative poetry solicits a theological reading. Jenson finds a story of human love for God in this complex poetic book and offers a commentary that elucidates and inspires.Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.

Robert W. Jenson is Senior Scholar for Research at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey, and Professor Emeritus of Religion at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

Kisses	p. 16
Sun-burned but beautiful	p. 19
The shepherdess	p. 23
Mutual admiration	p. 26
Lovesick and happy	p. 30
The voice of the turtledove	p. 33
Strange seeking	p. 37
Who is she?	p. 40
Beauty	p. 44
From Lebanon	p. 47
The garden	p. 49
Strange seeking again	p. 53
His body	p. 56
The garden again	p. 59
A formidable woman	p. 62
Who? Again	p. 65
Amminadib?	p. 68
The dancing shulammite	p. 70
Her queenly body	p. 73
The palm tree	p. 75
Assignation in the countryside	p. 79
The last collection	p. 82
Not her brother	p. 83
A fragment	p. 85
Who? Yet again	p. 86
Under the apple tree	p. 88
The power of love	p. 90
The little sister grows up	p. 95
His own vineyard	p. 99
The voice of whom?	p. 101
Endings	p. 102
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