Bible Studies / Song of Songs

Song of Songs

A careful walk through Scripture’s great love poem—without embarrassment, without flattening the poetry, and without turning every kiss and vineyard into a secret code.

Comic illustration for Study 1, showing a congregation disappearing after Song of Solomon is announced

Study 1

How Do We Read Song of Songs?

Before moving through the poetry, we establish the rules of the road: what kind of literature we are reading, how human love belongs in Scripture, how marriage fits the larger biblical story, and where we should leave room for uncertainty.