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Shir Hashirim ch.6 - You are the One and Only!
After the traumatic separation of the couple, chapter 6 has the "dod", the king proclaiming that the woman is "my only one, my dove, my perfect one."…
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Shir Hashirim ch.5 - The Voice of my Beloved Knocks!!
This is a scene of missed opportunities; as after a period of (apparent) separation, the beloved comes looking for the woman, but she fails to unders…
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Shir Hashirim ch.4 - The Land of Israel (personified)
The depictions of the bride are rather strange, when her hair is compared to a flock of goats, her neck to a tower, and her stomach to a pile of whea…
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Shir Hashirim ch.3 - The Wedding
After the lovers' two unsuccessful attempts to realize their love, chapter 3 depicts the grand wedding of the young woman with the king.
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Shir Hashirim ch.2 - You Can't Hurry Love
In the first song, the woman is ready to move ahead, the "dod" is more hesitant. In the second song., the "dod" is all excited; the "ra'aya" - the wo…
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Shir Hashirim ch.1 - Meet the Characters
We begin ch.1 by seeing how the lovers - the young woman and the man - are depicted by Shir Hashirim. What might this express about God and Israel?
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Shir Hashirim - Introduction
This is a book that needs some framing. We offer a few words of introduction.
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Iyov | Job ch.42 - After Suffering
Iyov has a strange conclusion. Does the restoration of Iyov's fortunes and the birth of 10 children mean that his prior troubles and pain have been f…
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Iyov | Job ch.41 - What can we learn from the Book of Iyov?
Here we draw some conclusions and closing lessons from our reading of the Book of Iyov.
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Iyov | Job ch.40 - Monsters!
Our chapter speaks of the mythic "behemoth" and "leviathan" possibly a huge wild hippopotamus and whale or maybe a dragon. Why is God depicting these…
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