Two Worlds of the Song of Songs

The Song of Songs has been the subject of much speculation and controversy since rabbinic times. Some view it as a collection of erotic love poetry, while many other interpreters perceive it as spiritual allegory. This paper analyzes the Song from two dimensions: an anthology of love poems in the literary world and a canonized scripture in the historical world, attempting to explore its growing path from a secular collection of poems to the sacred Song in the Holy Bible.The Song of Songs has been the subject of much speculation and controversy since rabbinic times. Some view it as a collection of erotic love poetry, while many other interpreters perceive it as spiritual allegory. This paper analyzes the Song from two dimensions: an anthology of love poems in the literary world and a canonized scripture in the historical world, attempting to explore its growing path from a secular collection of poems to the sacred Song in the Holy Bible.中文核心期刊要目总览(PKU)中国社会科学引文索引(CSSCI)0z1122-1253