How close did Song of Solomon come to not being in the Canon?

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I have long thought the Song of Solomon was questionable in its content, and inappropriate as Scripture, although I accept that it is in the Canon. I want to recall reading that there was much debate in the early church as to canonizing it. Was this a close thing, and why was it included after all, given that it doesn’t even mention God and is really a carnal poem? (I think that attempts to cast it as a metaphor for divine love are just modernist spin.)
 
Hi Thurible,

The Song of Solomon, also called Canticle of Canticles, has never been challenged. It was in the Hebrew Bible.

Possibly, you are confusing it with the Book of Wisdom, also called the Wisdom of Solomon.

You should not be disturbed by the Canticle of Canticle. There are other passages of the Bible where God calls Israel HIs Bride. Additionally, this book of the Bible has been used and commented by Catholic mystics, notably St. John of the Cross, as representing the relationship between Christ and the Christian soul. See here.

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It only just made the Jewish canon (Ecclesiastes and Esther being the other 2 borderline books there) but was always accepted by the Church as far as I know
 
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