How to Read the Bible: Song of Songs in History

In this episode, Nate Claiborne talks with Dr. Mike Allen about the history of interpretation of Song of Songs. While our modern impulse might be to reserve Song of Songs for teaching on sex and marriage, most Christians have treated it as primarily about hour relationship with God. Dr. Allen explains why this is the case and traces early Jewish and Christian readings up through the Puritans. He helps us to see how some of  the more awkward parts for modern people (e.g. the physical descriptions the lovers have for each other) are actually a way that we can see the gospel in Song of Songs in a way that is not presented elsewhere in Scripture.