HaRaAYaH

Some other perspectives:

http://www.rabbishefagold.com/Comman...ofShirHaSh.htm

http://www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/shir.htm

http://www.hebrewsongs.com/shirhashirim-pesach.htm

Joan of Bark

I just love the similies in the Song. How can anyone resist the following passages?


4:1 Thy hair is as a flock of goats

4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

4:3 Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate

4:5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies. (imagine using that line on a first date).

Joan of Bark

Here are some notes on the dating of the Song ...

Smith’s Bible Dictionary sets the Song in the time of Solomon, as does the New International Version. The Encyclopedia Britannica claims the book’s poems come from the time of David, but that it was put together in its current form after the Babylonian exile. The Jewish Encyclopedia Online dates it as recently as 200-100 B.C., although it admits that some of the material is older than that.

... and its author ...

The Living Bible call Solomon the composer, and the NIV also mentions that possibility, although the Encyclopedia Britannica claims that the author is unknown and the passages mentioning him were a later addition.