Song of Songs

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
Biblical poetry
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Song_of_Solomon
Canticles
gptkbp:attributedTo gptkb:Solomon
gptkbp:chapter 8
gptkbp:contains Celebration of human love
Dialogues between lovers
Metaphors of nature
Pastoral imagery
gptkbp:date circa 10th–2nd century BCE
gptkbp:firstLine gptkb:The_Song_of_Songs,_which_is_Solomon's
gptkbp:genre Love poetry
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Rashi
gptkb:John_of_the_Cross
gptkb:Origen
gptkb:Bernard_of_Clairvaux
gptkb:Gregory_of_Nyssa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Song of Songs
gptkbp:includedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Vulgate
gptkb:Christian_Old_Testament
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:theology
Orthodox Judaism
Western literature
gptkbp:influencedBy Ancient Near Eastern love poetry
gptkbp:interpretedBy Allegory of Christ's love for the Church
Allegory of God's love for Israel
Literal love poem
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:liturgicalUse Read during Passover in Judaism
gptkbp:notableFor I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine
Set me as a seal upon your heart
gptkbp:orderInTanakh Fifth of the Five Megillot
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Old_Testament
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls
gptkbp:significance One of the Five Megillot
Unique for not mentioning God directly
gptkbp:status Canonical in Christianity
Canonical in Judaism
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Desire
gptkb:Nature
Beauty
Love
Marriage
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Christian_liturgy
Jewish weddings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4