by Justin Marple | Apr 29, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
Telos has a meaning that simultaneously includes the end, purpose, and goal. From the first post on Song of Song we have been discussing these things, especially whenever we have talked about the genre of the Song. However, much of the commentary herein has focused...
by Justin Marple | Apr 13, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
As we will discover in looking at the structure of Song of Songs 5:2-6:3, Song of Songs 4:1-5:1 is likely a single unit. We examined Song of Songs 4:1-7 in the previous post, noting that it has close ties with what follows. The analysis below supports that...
by Justin Marple | Apr 6, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
Song of Songs 3:1-4:7 is not necessarily the best division of the text because Song of Songs 4:1-7 fits better with the text that follows than that which precedes it. But in any case, the three songs here move from one that climaxes in sex, one about a wedding day,...
by Justin Marple | Mar 31, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
One of the themes of the Song of Songs, which is seen in both halves of chapter 2, is warnings regarding love. Sometimes those warnings have to do with obstacles to the blossoming relationship, but even more often those warnings have to do with not hurrying love...
by Justin Marple | Mar 23, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
I have already noted that the grammatical construction with the singular of the plural indicates the superlative – Song of Songs = the best song. It is also worth noting as we begin to look at the book that it may also be an intentional clue to the genre of the book...
by Justin Marple | Mar 13, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
While some English Bibles will call this book the ”Song of Solomon,” its Hebrew title is ”Song of Songs.” The grammatical construction of a singular of the plural of the same thing is the way in Hebrew to do the superlative. Thus this is the...
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