The Bible's love song — poetry of devotion, delight, and belonging.
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the ______."
The Song of Solomon never mentions God directly — it and Esther are the only two books that don't — yet believers have read it for centuries as a picture of divine love.
'The Song of Songs' is Hebrew's way of saying 'the greatest song' — the same construction as 'King of kings' and 'Holy of holies.'
Jewish tradition held that a man should not read this book until age thirty. Our Deep Water rating suddenly feels lenient.
Its most famous declaration: 'love is strong as death... many waters cannot quench love.' Wedding readers have never let it go.