Doddy:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Solomon write the Song and Proverbs while he was "going away from the truth" (as my pastor would say).
That might be why those books aren't read so much.
That's a new one for me. Tradition does connect Solomon to the books, either as patron or author. It seems unlikely that the texts would have been placed in the canon, though, if they were thought to represent deviant beliefs.
But the unapologetic eroticism in the Song has always made more austere religious personalities uncomfortable. The Song mentions a lot of things they would rather not discuss. And it never mentions God at all.
The traditional dodge, in both Judaism and Christianity, has been to read the lovers' songs as allegories of the love between God and his people.
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Archer
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