(We have another preacher joining us for the next few weeks. He will be going on a 5 week program as an experiment. I want to give you, Sean and Tyler, the option of taking you remaining chapters and finishing with him. I will try to give instructions about that tomorrow. (If you want to keep your present score and finish up in the next three weeks, you can do that too.)
Please post your comments for Week 5 (or Week 1 as the case may be) below.
Tyler, I will move your comments here to get them all in one place.
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I have moved Tyler's first three comments here:
Tyler Owens said...
I did not see a posting area at the time I was on here. I am taking a DVD course this time. The title is O.T. Survey: Poetry and Prophecy. The instructor is Dr. Garnett Reid. I will be watching three DVDs this week.
October 21, 2008 3:23 PM
Tyler Owens said...
The first DVD was about the Song of Solomon. I was surprised to learn that it has been spoken against because of percieved erotic imagery. The Hebrew title is "Sng of Songs". It is also known as "Canticles" in Latin(Canticum Canticorum).
October 21, 2008 3:27 PM
Tyler Owens said...
This book has quite a few different interpretations. The first is allegorical. The jewish tradition says that it means "God's love for Israel". The christian tradition says it means" Christ's love for the church". Typical interpretation is that it is based on a real event, but symbolizes Christ's love for the church. Dramatic interpretation thinks that it is made up for dramatic effect. There are even some who believe that it was a pagan story. The last one is literal interpretation. This means that this was a real story that celebrates intimacy in a monogamous marriage. I kind of like the typical interpretation, but how about you guys?
October 21, 2008 3:32 PM
Sorry, I did not get this up as quickly as I said I would this afternoon.
For Song of Solomon, I think there is value in the typical and literal views. Much help for intimacy in marriage has been found by Christian authors in the past.
Physical intimacy is important in any marriage. To Check out some Christian resources in this area: Click Here.
Hey Guys,
I have set up posting areas called Tyler's Topics, Ed's Topics, and Sean's Topics. Do you week 5 posts there instead of here, please.
Tyler, I have already moved yours (again) to Tyler's Topics.
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