Day 195: Song of Songs 5-8
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 195, is Song of Songs 5-8: One of the last books to be added to the Hebrew scriptures, allegorical interpretations over the millennia have tended to identify God with the lover and God’s people as the beloved, emphasizing the intimacy between the two and God’s intense desire for relationship with those whom he loves.
Online text: Song of Songs 5-8
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