Song of Songs

Song of SongsExplore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afresh Richard Hess has written an insightful commentary on one of the most intriguing books of the Bible, which celebrates God's gift of love. In addition to paragraph level commentary, all volumes of the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament series feature: A fresh translation of the Hebrew text Incisive comments based on the author's translation Linguistic,

and Bruce McCormack discuss an array of ideas currently under debate by evangelical theologians

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each engaging various aspects of the social and historical world of the Bible--from religious ritual to scribal practice to historical event

offering a Christian perspective on leisure concepts and issues in contemporary society

individual verses are often pulled from their context or later doctrinal formulations are imported into the text

Beginning with an illuminating exploration of eloquence in the divine voice

This book presents a theology of monasticism for the whole church

interacts with biblical

Yet the Bible contains another set of key clues that readers rarely consider

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inevitably casting actors

others seem to glibly misuse it for their own ends