From Reformation to Reformation

HOLY FATHERS: Anselm, Bernard, Cyprian, Gregory the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Hilary, Hippolytus, Theodoret, Jerome, Origen, Philo...

The Parts: I. The desire of the coming of the Bridegroom, Chapter 1:1-4. II. The Dialogues between the Bridegroom and the Bride...

8. The order of the book is difficult to explain. Yet some method is shown by Sanchez, Broughton, Lyra. There are two parts: I. The...

7. The most reliable key for understanding or explaining the Song. Meanwhile, the most reliable key for understanding is able to be...

6. What sort of reader does the book require? Do the Hebrews rightly prohibit the young? The Hebrews prohibit the young from reading...

5. The time when the Song was written by Solomon is searched out. At what time this Song was written by Solomon is uncertain. That he...

4. It is not treated according to the letter concerning the mutual love of Solomon and his Egyptian Bride. Psalm 45 is an Epitome of...

3. The Church of Christ in this life is being prepared like a chaste virgin for Christ. Thence the argument of the Song is explained. ...

2. Why is it said to be לִשְׁלֹמֹה, to Solomon? Now, it is called the Song of Songs (ᾆσμα ᾀσμάτων, the ode of odes, in Greek), which is...

1. The Inscription. Why is the book called, not שיר, the Song, butשיר השירים, the Song of Song? The conjectures of the Hebrews,...

The Inscription. Why is the book called, not שיר, the Song, but שיר השירים, the Song of Song? The conjectures of the Hebrews,...