Prodigal_Son said:
1) What evidence do you have that they were not, at some point in the book at least, married?
Song of Songs 1: 16-17
“16
Ah, you are beautiful, my lover-
yes, you are lovely.
Our couch, too, is verdant;
17
the beams of our house are cedars,
our rafters, cypresses.”
They meet out on the fields rather than their home like a married couple would.
Song of Songs 3:1-4
“1
On my bed at night I sought him
whom my heart loves-
I sought him but I did not find him.
2
I will rise then and go about the city;
in the streets and crossings I will seek
Him whom my heart loves.
I sought him but I did not find him.
3
The watchmen came upon me
as they made their rounds of the city:
Have you seen him whom my heart loves?
4
I had hardly left them
when I found him whom my heart loves.
I took hold of him and would not let him go
till I should bring him to the home of my mother,
to the room of my parent.”
She couldn’t find him in her bed, so she goes looking for him to take him back to her parents’ room. Explain why would a married couple act in this manner? Wouldn’t they have a home of their own to go back to?
Song of Songs 8:1-2
“1
Oh, that you were my brother,
nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I met you out of doors, I would kiss you
and none would taunt me.
2
I would lead you, bring you in
to the home of my mother.
There you would teach me to give you
spiced wine to drink and pomegranate juice.”
The girl wishes her beloved were her brother so that she could freely show affection to him. Why the secret places? Why the secrecy?
And here’s the answer why?
Song of Songs 8: 8-9
“8
“Our sister is little
and she has no breasts as yet.
What shall we do for our sister
when her courtship begins?
9
If she is a wall,
we will build upon it a silver parapet;
If she is a door,
we will reinforce it with a cedar plank.””
Her brothers talk about whether she remained chasted or not. The brothers, who are responsible for marrying off their sister, wouldn’t bother talking about it if she was married.
- What evidence do you have that they were making love?
Song of Songs 1:13
“13
My lover is for me a sachet of myrrh
to rest in my bosom.”
Song of Songs 1:16
" 16
Ah, you are beautiful, my lover-
yes, you are lovely.
Our couch, too, is verdant;"
Song of Songs 5:3-6
" 3
I have taken off my robe,
am I then to put it on?
I have bathed my feet,
am I then to soil them?
4
My lover put his hand through the opening;
my heart trembled within me**,
and I grew faint when he spoke.
5
I rose to open to my lover,
with my hands dripping myrrh:
With my fingers dripping choice myrrh
upon the fittings of the lock.
6
I opened to my lover-
but my lover had departed, gone.
I sought him but I did not find him;
I called to him but he did not answer me."
Song of Songs 7: 8-9
" 8
Your very figure is like a palm tree,
your breasts are like clusters.
9
I said: I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its branches.
Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine
and the fragrance of your breath like apples,"
I think this speaks volumes
Your assumptions confuse me.
Did you actually read Song of Songs?**
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