Song of Solomon

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Song of Solomon is a poetic book of the Old Testament that celebrates romantic love and intimacy through richly metaphorical dialogue between lovers.

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Label Occurrences
Song of Solomon canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical book ⓘ
Poetic book ⓘ
Wisdom literature ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Passover (in Jewish tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Passover
canonicalPosition After Ecclesiastes in many Christian Bibles ⓘ
Among the Writings in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
containsCharacter Daughters of Jerusalem ⓘ
The beloved (female) ⓘ
The lover (male) ⓘ
dateOfComposition Ancient Israelite period (exact date uncertain) ⓘ
emphasizes Emotional intimacy ⓘ
Mutuality in love ⓘ
Physical attraction ⓘ
features Chorus of companions ⓘ
Dialogue between lovers ⓘ
Garden imagery ⓘ
Metaphorical language ⓘ
Pastoral imagery ⓘ
genre Love poetry ⓘ
Religious poetry ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Canticles ⓘ
Song of Songs ⓘ
includedIn Megillot (Five Scrolls) ⓘ
linked to: Five Megillot
interpretedAs Allegory of Christ and the Church in Christianity ⓘ
Allegory of Christ and the soul in Christian mysticism ⓘ
Allegory of God and Israel in Judaism ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
literaryForm Dialogue ⓘ
Lyric poetry ⓘ
partOf Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
religiousStatus Canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ
Canonical scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structure Series of poems ⓘ
symbolism Animals ⓘ
Gardens ⓘ
Perfumes and spices ⓘ
Royal imagery ⓘ
Vineyards ⓘ
theme Beauty ⓘ
Desire ⓘ
Marital intimacy ⓘ
Mutual affection ⓘ
Romantic love ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo King Solomon ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Song of Songs → hasTitle → Song of Solomon ⓘ
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Song of Solomon ⓘ
The Beloved → inspiredBy → Song of Solomon ⓘ
The Finished Mystery → subject → Song of Solomon ⓘ