Just in time for Christmas we come to Song of Songs, arguably the best proof of the Bible's reliability that there is. After all, if you were going to make up a holy book you'd never put this collection of horny-but-odd poems in.As with Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, Song of Songs (or Canticles as it's also known) features in a number of films, mainly those about Solomon. Indeed, whilst it's love poetry seems a little out of place in the Bible, it fits right into Hollywood's priorities.
Elsewhere, there are a number of online resources:Marcia Falk's commentary, Carl W. Ernst's introduction, Bible.org's introduction, ILovePhilosophy.com's new translation
And of course - Wikipedia. Plus you can read about all the rude bits here.
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