Also known as the Song of Solomon or Canticle of Canticles, the Song of Songs stands out in the Bible because of its extensive and candid sexual content. It is a work of sensual lyric poetry that ...

Also known as the Song of Solomon or Canticle of Canticles, the Song of Songs stands out in the Bible because of its extensive and candid sexual content. It is a work of sensual lyric poetry that ...

Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years Story by Jonathan Kaplan, The University of Texas at Austin ...

WORCESTER — Love is in the air in the heart of Massachusetts year-round with a heart displayed on every street sign, but it is Esther Howland, nicknamed the "Mother of the American Valentine ...

Figuring out what to do with the 'Song of Songs' has preoccupied people reading the Bible for centuries. 'Song of Songs' illustrated by Florence Kingsford/Southern Methodist University/Wikimedia ...

Lali's last chance - Esther & Sruli were ecstatic at the birth of their only child, born after five years of yearning. Their joy was cruelly crushed when their Lali (Leah) was diagnosed with ...

NEW YORK — In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.