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An Introduction to the Old Testament, Critical, Historical, and Theological
An Introduction to the Old Testament Critical Historical and Theological Author:Samuel Davidson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1862 Original Publisher: Williams and Norgate Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where yo... more »u can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 389 THE SONG OF SOLOMON. I. Title. -- In the first Terse, the Song of Solomon is styled D'"VB7! "Vt? a song of the songs, i. e. according to the Hebrew usage, a most excellent song. The authorship is at the same time assigned to Solomon; the 7 prefixed to H/a? denoting the writer, as in many inscriptions of psalms. There is no reason for denying, with Weissbach, i that 7 1$($ is synonymous with 7 in the inscriptions of psalms, or with the genitive alone without 7 in the titles of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. And he errs in explaining it having relation to, the particular relation being left indefinite. In like manner it is only a mistake to understand by the title song of songs a collection of songs, with Kleuker ; or a chain of songs, as if "Pt? should be pointed, "VErTflt?, with Velthusen and Paulus. II. Contents. -- The story is simple. A rural maiden named the Shulamite, who was harshly treated by her brothers, and had just espoused a young man with whom she had been acquainted from childhood, is carried into the royal tent of Solomon. The voluptuous monarch trie? to win her affection by every means in his power; plies her with entreaties and blandishments; loads her with praises; and prefers her to all his women. But she cannot be induced to lend a favourable ear to his desires. Constant in her affection, she rejects the princely overtures, and is perpetually thinking of her beloved, declaring her ardent attachment to him, and earnestly wishing that she may return to him and the place where he is. After Solomon had tried in vain to alienate her affection f...« less