"The Song of Songs Which Is Solomon's" 1960 Watson, Aldren

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WATSON, Aldren

[36] pp.

Peter Pauper Press

1960

7 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Decorations by Aldren Watson

"The text of … Read more WATSON, Aldren

[36] pp.

Peter Pauper Press

1960

7 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Decorations by Aldren Watson

"The text of this book has been set by the hand of Frederic W. Goudy's Deepdene italic types, and printed on Archer paper at the Walpole Printing Office in Mt. Vernon, New York.".

The Song of Songs also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, it is erotic poetry; lovers express passionate desire, exchange compliments, and invite one another to enjoy. The poem narrates an intense, poetic love story between a woman and her lover through a series of sensual dialogues, dreams, metaphors, and warnings to the “daughters of Jerusalem” not to awaken love before its time. See less