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🗓️ 2 June 2022
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:13.0 | Today we finished our 13th book of the Bible. We just keep moving past these milestones, you guys. |
0:18.0 | Congratulations! We read through the whole book of Song of Solomon or Song of Songs, |
0:22.0 | depending which version of the Bible you're reading. |
0:24.0 | This book is incredibly layered and there's a lot of uncertainty about several aspects of it. |
0:30.0 | For instance, we don't know if Solomon wrote it or if it was written about Solomon, |
0:33.0 | or if it was just written during the time of Solomon. |
0:36.0 | If it was written about Solomon, it would have to be about his relationship with his first wife, |
0:40.0 | because the book describes a monogamous relationship, |
0:43.0 | and he eventually had a thousand women in his harem, |
0:46.0 | 700 wives and 300 concubines, and we'll see how well that goes for him. |
0:51.0 | And here's another confusing thing. People have argued for centuries |
0:55.0 | over whether it's a story about human love, or if it's an allegory about God's love for his people. |
1:00.0 | Personally, I tend to think it's both. Much like how David can write a song about his own personal misery |
1:05.0 | that is also a prophecy of the coming Messiah. But that's just my opinion. |
1:10.0 | Most commentators believe the ancient Jews regarded it as love poetry |
1:14.0 | that belonged in the wisdom literature of Scripture. And in fact, from what I understand, |
1:19.0 | young Hebrew boys were even forbidden to read it because it was too risky. |
1:23.0 | For the sake of today's conversation, we'll look at it like the ancient Jews did, literally. |
1:28.0 | But it's also helpful to consider that there does seem to be lots of content |
1:32.0 | that can serve as an illustration for us. |
1:35.0 | If you hold to the romantic interpretation of the book, |
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