The Song of Songs never once mentions God, and was only allowed
into the Jewish canon with the understanding that it be read allegorically,
as a metaphor for the believer’s relation to God. How should it
be read today? How are human love and sexuality intertwined with
spirituality?
Notes
Reading
Scripture: Genesis 18-19; Song of Songs; Matthew 19; Romans 1; 1 Corinthians 7; 11
Secondary: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead,
"The Good News about Sex," in A Sense of Sexuality:
Christian Love and Intimacy (New York: Doubleday, 1989)
22-39 (on ERes)
Notes
Under construction.
Bibliography
Instone-Brewer,
David. Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible:
The Social and Literary Context. Grand Rapids,
Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002.
