Chapter 8 verse 5 8:5 under the apple tree I awakened you (29) p 267-268 in the resent Hebrew text, the woman is the speaker and the man the addressee. Many exegete (e.g., Rudolph, Krinetzki) change the masculine suffixes for “you” to feminine forms, because “the claim by a woman that she has ‘awakened’ the man’s love would, however, be … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
The Play — Your Choice
Grandpa The couple come back and join her friends. He leaves and her friends or maybe her brothers make this statement Chapter 8 verses 8-9 We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do to prepare our sister for the day on which she is spoken for? If she is a wall, we shall build upon her an embankment of … [Read more...]
Timing is Everything — Part 3
The wedding night. He is now actively exploring her body. He is asking that they come together and have sexual intercourse. Chapter 4 verse 16 gives her response. Chapter 4, verse sixteen Awaken, O north wind, and come wind of the south. Blow upon my garden and cause its spices to flow like a stream. May my beloved come to his garden and … [Read more...]
Until love does us part
There were two girls, DeeDee and Terry, in the junior high class I taught at church. They latched on to this saying that was popular in the late '60s. I'll be with the guy until love does us part, then I'll move on to find the next guy. Didn't matter what I said, and I'd never read the part in Song of Solomon in Chapter 8 that talks about how … [Read more...]
Supercharge it
Chapter 8 verse 4 4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. (24) again this admonishment that sexual passion should not be aroused until it can also be satisfied. This third time the statement is different, no charge by the does and gazelles. Note the translation by Glickman (22a) p 145 … [Read more...]
