Figuring out what to do with the 'Song of Songs' has preoccupied people reading the Bible for centuries. 'Song of Songs' illustrated by Florence Kingsford/Southern Methodist University/Wikimedia ...

Song of Songs has a long history of interpretation. Some commentators, seeking the literal sense of the book, have explained it as a celebration of conjugal love in marriage.

Another Christian approach to the Song of Songs was that the poem described God’s loving relationship with Jesus’ mother, Mary.. These diverse interpretations may also have influenced medieval Jewish ...