If we take friendship to mean the love we have with others, and especially the love we have with the Other, God himself, as our first and final Friend, the aphorism is transfigured into a truism.

The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.

For the idea of love, biblical Hebrew has precious few synonyms. Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation ...

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Love. It’s a subject of countless poems, songs and stories. From “love at first sight” to “everlasting love,” the world has a ...

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But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for ...

Rare copy of famous Shakespeare love poem found. Image source, Bodleian Libraries. Image caption, The manuscript belonged to Elias Ashmole. Ethan Gudge. BBC News, Oxford. Published. 4 March 2025.