| Song of Songs 1 | |
|---|---|
 Illumination for the opening verse of Song of Songs, the Rothschild Mahzor, Manuscript on parchment. Florence, Italy, 1492. | |
| Book | Song of Songs |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 22 |
Song of Songs 1 (abbreviated [where?] as Song 1) is the first chapter of the "Song of Songs" or "Song of Solomon", a book of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book is one of the Five Megillot, a group of short books, together with Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther, within the Ketuvim, the third and the final section of the Hebrew Bible.[3] Jewish tradition views Solomon as the author of this book (although this is now largely disputed), and this attribution influences the acceptance of this book as a canonical text.[3] Song of Songs 1 contains the book's superscription, songs of the main female characters, and the opening song of the male character.[4]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 278.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ a b Brenner 2007, p. 429.
- ^ Brenner 2007, p. 430.