Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Song of Songs

Song 4

• “Your Neck Is Like a Tower of David” (The Meaning of a Simile in Song of Solomon 4:4) - by Keith R. Crim, The Bible Translator 22 (1971) 70-74

Song 6

• Notes on Some Difficulties of Old Testament Translation - by G. Ch. Aalders, The Bible Translator 1 (1950) 9-15

Song 8

• Liebe und Tod im Ersten (Alten) Testament ( HTML | PDF ) - by Silvia Schroer, lectio dificilior 2.2 (2004)

Art/Illustration

• Bible Images: Song of Solomon - drawings illustrating the storyline
• The End of Desire: Theologies of Eros in the Song of Songs and Breaking the Waves - by Kyle Keefer and Tod Linafelt, The Journal of Religion & Film 2,1 (1998)

Bibliography

• What Should I Read on the Song of Solomon? - by James T. Dennison, Jr., Kerux 8.2 (1993); full text

General Articles and Essays

• A Startling Voice: Woman's Desire in the Song of Songs - by Carey Ellen Walsh, Biblical Theology Bulletin 28.4 (1998); abstract only
• Beauty or the Beast? The Grotesque Body in the Song of Songs - by Fiona Black, Biblical Interpretation 8.3 (2000) 302-323; abstract publicly viewable, full text viewable by subscribers
• “Roomy Hearts” in a “More Spacious World”: Origen of Alexandria and Ellen Davis on the Song of Songs - by Jason Byassee, Anglican Theological Review (Fall 2006)
• The Second Coming: Repetition and Insatiable Desire in the Song of Songs - by Roland Boer, Biblical Interpretation 8.3 (2000) 276-301; abstract publicly viewable, full text viewable by subscribers
• The Testament: Continuities and Discontinuities - by Roland E. Murphy, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Fall 1999)
• Unsafe Sex: Feminism, Pornography, and the Song of Songs - by Virginia Burrus and Stephen D. Moore, Biblical Interpretation 11.1 (2003) 24-52; abstract with full text options

History of Interpretation

• The History of Interpretation of the Song of Songs (PDF) - by J. Paul Tanner, Bibliotheca Sacra 154 (1997) 23-46
• The Soul Takes Flight: Gregory of Nyssa and the Song of Songs - by R. A. Norris, Anglican Theological Review (Fall 1998)

Interpretive Methods

• What Does "Literal Meaning" Mean? Some Commentaries on the Song of Songs – by Richard W. Corney, Anglican Theological Review (Fall 1998)

Introduction/Reference

• Canticle of Canticles - Catholic Encyclopedia article (1908)
• Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, Canticles - BELIEVE article

Vocabulary

• שושנה of the Canticle - by Blažej Štrba, Biblica 85 (2004) 475-502 (also available as PDF)

Book Reviews

• Bergant, Dianne, The Song of Songs (Berit Olam; Liturgical, 2001)
  • Reviewed by David M. Carr, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Richard G. Smith, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Longman, Tremper, Song of Songs (NICOT; Eerdmans, 2001) - reviewed by Ellen Frances Davis, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Norris, Richard A., Jr., ed., The Song of Songs: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators (Eerdmans, 2003) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2005)
• Schwab, George M., The Song of Songs' Cautionary Message Concerning Human Love (Lang, 2002) - reviewed by Richard G. Smith, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)