212. Song of Songs
TINW Torah Study
English - April 03, 2021 23:00 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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At first glance, the poetry in the biblical book the Song of Songs appears to be erotic love poetry. Some claim that the poems were actually meant to be allegories of the love between God and the Israelite people. Today we had a group discussion, led by one of our Torah Study regulars, which looked at the words, the debates of the ancient Rabbis, and what scholarship has revealed about these extraordinary passages.