id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3671 Song of Songs - Wikipedia .html text/html 5320 707 74 The Song of Songs, also Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, or Canticles (Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים‎ Šîr Hašîrîm, Greek and Ancient Greek: Ἆισμα Ἀισμάτων, romanized: Âsma Āsmátōn; Latin: Canticum Canticōrum), is one of the megillot (scrolls) found in the last section of the Tanakh, known as the Ketuvim (or "Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.[1] The Song of Songs is unique within the Hebrew Bible: it shows no interest in Law or Covenant or the God of Israel, nor does it teach or explore wisdom like Proverbs or Ecclesiastes (although it does have some affinities to wisdom literature, as the ascription to Solomon indicates); instead, it celebrates sexual love, giving "the voices of two lovers, praising each other, yearning for each other, proffering invitations to enjoy".[2][3] The two are in harmony, each desiring the other and rejoicing in sexual intimacy; the women of Jerusalem form a chorus to the lovers, functioning as an audience whose participation in the lovers' erotic encounters facilitates the participation of the reader.[4] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3671.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3671.txt