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- proper noun biblical An alternative name for the
Song of Solomon , a book of theBible in theOld Testament ; also known asCanticles and theCanticle of Canticles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
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The verse, from the Hebrew poem Shir Ha'shirim, or in English, Song of Songs, means "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, who grazes among lilies."
Danielle Berrin: Victoria Beckham's Hebrew Tattoo: Marital Goodluck Charm? Danielle Berrin 2010
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Protestant, but more liberal than Calvin, fell under suspicion because he called the Song of Songs obscene, and because he made a new French version of the Bible to replace the one of Olivetan officially approved.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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The result was called the Song of Songs, that is, the Peerless Song.
The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament Charles Foster Kent 1896
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The Song of Songs is a poem, and, as such, interpretation is left open ...
Rev. Chuck Currie: Chick-fil-A, Sex And 'Unprotexcted Texts' Rev. Chuck Currie 2011
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The Song of Songs is a poem, and, as such, interpretation is left open ...
Rev. Chuck Currie: Chick-fil-A, Sex And 'Unprotexcted Texts' Rev. Chuck Currie 2011
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I opened my sadly neglected Bible and turned to what Jazz called the Song of Songs.
Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz Claudia Mair Burney 2008
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Song of Songs, which is Solomon's, seem to have been made for distinction's sake, then, when the books of Scripture were gathered into one body of the law; to the end that not the doctrine only, but the authors also might be extant.
Leviathan 2007
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The commentator just mentioned and other exegetes start from the natural conviction that the poem, simply called the Song of Songs and handed down to posterity as a book, must be regarded as a homogeneous whole.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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"The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's," she read.
The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901
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Now, the Song of Songs is the lyric companion to this prose picture.
The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891
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