The Song of Songs: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)

These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship date original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis the Commentary takes the book section by section drawing out its main themes and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new Old Testament volumes the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context Comment and Meaning. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain. THE SONG OF SONGS This Old Testament book the best of songs has fascinated and perplexed interpreters for centuries. We hear the passionate melody of romantic love and are confronted by erotic imagery - but whose love is described? Is it a couples love for each other Gods love for his people or a poem that speaks to love in all its dimensions? Iain Duguids commentary explains how the Song is designed to show us an idealized picture of married love in the context of a fallen and broken world. It also convicts us of how far short of this perfection we fall both as humans and as lovers and drives us repeatedly into the arms of our true heavenly husband Jesus Christ.