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Bible Project podcast — https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/song-songs-semi-erotic-love-poetry/
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What this book knows
Erotic longing in Scripture is the human face of a deeper hunger for divine wisdom and the intimacy lost in Eden.
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Passion is as severe as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. Many waters cannot extinguish love.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-016It's a reversal of Genesis 3:16 — 'his desire is for me' — the healing of the rift between man and woman.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-021desire
Eating the fruit is the primary image of sex in the book. The female lover and Lady Wisdom are connected.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-011When that impulse comes up, it's not just an impulse for physical sex — connect it to a deeper impulse of being known by God, which means wisdom.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-018intimacy
Sex is the closest that two humans can become one with each other physically — the Eden narrative gives us language for becoming one flesh.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-017Loss of intimacy is exactly what happened in Eden. Song of Songs is a reversal of Genesis 3, returning us to the temple.
BP-SONG-SONGS-SEMI-EROTIC-LOVE-POETRY-RC-0206 published passages · interview · research analysis
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