song of songs

Why does spring make us so happy? from rosclarke 962 days old

Because it reminds us that our Bridegroom is coming, of course. Here's what I said about this last year.

Wonderful sermons on the Song from rosclarke 1009 days old

The introduction and first two talks in a series of four by Matthew Mason are online now. See here for the link. Wonderfully evocative and affective ...

Beginning with Moses from rosclarke 1063 days old

Accompanied by possibly the worst photo in the world, my dissertation on the Song is now being hosted by Beginning with Moses, here.

Be imitators of me... from rosclarke 1068 days old

[ ... ] interpretation of the Song of Songs. The 'literal' interpretation so prevalent in the last 200 years has, it seems to me, singularly failed to ...

Beginning with Moses from rosclarke 1069 days old

I'm delighted that Beginning with Moses, a website dedicated to biblical theology, is now back online after a couple of months of technical problems. ...

Food and sex from rosclarke 1118 days old

[ ... ] It is universal among humankind that, second to sexual intercourse, eating together is the most binding communal act. Now read Song of Songs 5:1

Song of Songs from rosclarke 1148 days old

You can now read my thesis on the Song here. And if you're interested in the links between the Song and the NT I blogged about this here.

Midrash and the Song from rosclarke 1160 days old

‘If the exegesis of the Song of Songs has been greatly debated and its allegorical significance, based on prophetic teaching confronted by contemporary ...

The book you wish had been written from rosclarke 1174 days old

I haven't read it yet but I've just skimmed through the introduction to a new commentary on the Song which looks great. It's in the Interpretation series ...

Psychopathic minimalism - a small contribution from rosclarke 1279 days old

[ ... ] doing my research on the Song of Songs at the number of times I noticed resonances with NT texts. But none of NT commentators I checked seemed to ...