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Song of Songs (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) by Tremper Longman, III is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Song of Songs (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) about?
The most intimate of all human relationships, according to the Bible, is that between a husband and a wife. It is not surprising, therefore, that there is a book of the Bible, the Song of Songs, that focuses on this relationship. What is surprising is how little attention is given to the Song of Songs by scholars, by the church, and by readers of the Bible. With this volume, however, Tremper Longman III has written a fine commentary on the Song of Songs, unpacking for modern people what this ancient love poem says about the male-female relationship -- and, by analogy, about God's love for his people.Longman's superb study begins with a thorough introduction to the Song of Songs and its background. Longman discusses the book's title, authorship, date, literary style, language, structure, cultural milieu, and theological content. He also canvasses the long history of interpretation of the Song of Songs, a history too often characterized by repression of the text. In the commentary itself, Longman structures the Song of Songs according to its twenty-three poetic units and explains its message verse by verse. The exposition is made clearer by Longman's adoption of an anthropological ap
Who reads Song of Songs (New International Commentary on the Old Testament)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Tremper Longman, III
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781467423014
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Christian, Religion
- Rating
- 4.03 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14