Resources for Song of Songs
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Song of Solomon at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Song of Solomon, Wikipedia.
- Song of Songs, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Canticle of Canticles.
- Introduction to the Book of Song of Songs, New American Bible.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Song of Solomon, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Song of Solomon) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Song of Songs in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
- Biblenotes summary: Song of Solomon.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Commentary on the Song of Songs, Gregory the Great.
- Song of Solomon, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Song of Solomon, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Song of Solomon, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Song of Solomon, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Song of Solomon, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Wisdom Writings," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Song of Solomon or Canticles, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Song of Solomon, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Articles and Background:
- "Wisdom on Sex," Alyce McKenzie, Patheos.
- "Reading the Song of Songs as a Classic," David J.A. Clines, University of Sheffield, 2000.
- "Where God is Not: The Book of Esther and Song of Songs," by Dr. David R. Blumenthal, Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University.
- The Greatest Songs, by Peter M. Paulsen. (Religion Online)
- Song of Solomon, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker.
- "The End of Desire: THeologies of Eros in The Song of Songs and Breaking the Waves," Kyle Keefer and Tod Linafelt, Journal of Religion and Film, 1998.
- "Why Should I Read the Song of Solomon?" James T. Dennison Jr., in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- "Postcritical Fulfillment and Deferral: Do Not Awaken Love Too Soon," William Wesley Elkins.
- "Medieval Women Mystics and the Song of Songs," E. Ann Matter, 2000.
- "How Mystics Hear the Song," W. Dennis Tucker, Jr., (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brenner, Athalya,
"The Food of Love: Gendered Food and Food Imagery in the Song of Songs,"
Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brenner, Athalya,
"Gazing Back at the Shulammite, Yet Again," Biblical Interpretation,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burrus, Virginia, and Stephen D. Moore,
"Unsafe Sex: Feminism, Pornography, and the Song of Songs," Biblical
Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carr, David,
"Gender and the Shaping of Desire in the Song of Songs and Its
Interpretations," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Grossberg, Daniel,
"Nature, Humanity and Love in Song of Songs," Interpretation,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hagedorn, Anselm, C.,
"Of Foxes and Vineyards: Greek Perspectives on the Song of Songs,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harding, Kathryn, "'I sought him but I did not find
him': The Elusive Lover in the Song of Songs," Biblical
Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnston, Gordon H., "The Enigmatic Genre and
Structure of the Song of Songs, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Parsons, Greg W.,
"Guidelines for Understanding and Utilizing the Song of Songs,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sparks, Kent, "The Song of Songs:
Wisdom for Young Jewish Women," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tanner, J. Paul,
"The History of Interpretation of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tanner, J. Paul,
"The Message of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brenner, Athalya,
"The Food of Love: Gendered Food and Food Imagery in the Song of Songs,"
Semeia, 1999.
- Reviews:
- Review: Tremper Longman, Song of Songs. (Eerdmans, 2001) Review by Ellen Frances Davis in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Tremper Longman, Song of Songs. (Eerdmans, 2001) Review by Athalya Brenner in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
- Review: Dianne Bergant, The Song of Songs. (The Liturgical Press, 2001) Reviews by Richard G. Smith, David M. Carr and Francis Landy (3 reviews) in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: George M. Schwab, The Song of Songs' Cautionary Message Concerning Human Love. (Lang, 2002) Review by Richard G. Smith in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Reviews: Richard A. Norris, ed., The Song of Songs: Interpreted by the Early Church and Medieval Commentators. Eerdmans, 2003. Reviews by Athalya Brenner and Stephen Von Wyrick in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Reviews: J. Cheryl Exum, Song of Songs. Westminster John Knox, 2005. Reviews by Christoph Uehlinger, Mark McEntire and Athalya Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Review: Richard S. Hess, Song of Songs. Baker, 2005. Review by Athalya Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Review: Robert J. Wright, ed., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. InterVarsity Press, 2005. Review by Jutta Krispenz, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
