"In his commentary on Canticles or the Song of Solomon, Edwards joined the long line of expositors who have addressed the question of the nature of the song. He left no ambiguity in his answer. It is "no common love song or epithalamium" - a judgement he also rendered about Psalm 45. On the contrary he asserted Canticles is a "song of love between Christ and the church or the assembly of the saints" who are "spiritual virgins".
Introduction to Jonathan Edwards - "The Blank Bible" - (2006) - Yale University Press, Michigan - (p39).
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Thursday 7 February 2008
Jonathan Edwards on the Song of Solomon
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Jonathan Edwards,
Song of Solomon
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