Category: Scripture

Where does the time go? I'll get this book study finished sometime soon! Chapters 6 and 7 are simply a continuing set of memories or "scenes" in which our two married lovers are exchanging compliments and just generally engaging in "verbal foreplay", if you will. Listen to the way they speak to each other. The [...]

In my last Bible study blog Kallah and Solomon had just enjoyed a time of marital intimacy. Now we find Kallah asleep on another occasion. Remember, the Song is not a linear sequence of events but rather a series of personal memories about various occasions in their marriage specifically chosen to illustrate and comment on [...]

The last time I wrote a Bible Study post, we heard mainly from Kallah (Solomon's bride) as she dealt with various emotions, insecurities, and memories. Today we'll witness a very intimate scene in which this husband and wife engage in open appreciation of their love for each other. Solomon takes the lead in this dialogue. [...]

In my last Bible Study post, Kallah (the bride in the Song of Solomon) has just invited her husband (Solomon) to enjoy their sexual intimacy with her. Chapter 3 picks up now with a scene in which Kallah finds herself in bed alone and feeling a bit insecure or lonely The Song SHE 1 On [...]

Unfortunately, I've let myself get so busy with other things that I haven't written anything here lately. If you missed the last installment on my study of the Song of Solomon, you can view it here. The Song After the opening scenes with Kallah sitting apart from Solomon during a social gathering, musing a bit [...]

In the previous study, we were introduced to Kallah through her musings at the banquet table. We also saw how the author uses the "others" to introduce new topics or allow the characters further explanation and dialogue. Now, after Kallah has been reflecting on her own desires for her husband and her somewhat insecurity with [...]

If you did not read my introduction to this Bible Study, please consider doing that first. Verse one, as stated last time, identifies this book as "The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's." Verse two, then, sets up the format of the rest of the book. It is a series of thoughts or statements or [...]