| Song of Songs 3 | |
|---|---|
._Visual_History_of_Nations,_Israel_(1948),_New_Canaan,_CT.jpg) Four thousand years of Jewish history come to life in Arthur Szyk's Visual History of Israel, completed in 1948, depicting, among others, King Solomon (top right), shown holding a copy of 'Song of Songs'. | |
| Book | Song of Songs |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 22 |
Song of Songs 3 (abbreviated [where?] as Song 3) is the third chapter of the Song of Songs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book is one of the Five Megillot, a collection of short books, together with Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther, within the Ketuvim, the third and the last part 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] This chapter contains a female song about her search for her lover at night and the poem describing King Solomon's procession.[4]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 278.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ a b Brenner 2007, p. 429.
- ^ Brenner 2007, pp. 430–431.