The Song of Songs / Translated from the Original Hebrew, with a Commentary, Historical and Critical
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On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written by an unknown poet, tells of Charlemagne’s warrior nephew, Lord of the Breton Marches, who valiantly leads his men into battle against the Saracens, but dies in the massacre, defiant to the end. In majestic verses, the battle becomes a symbolic struggle between Christianity and Islam, while Roland’...
Chapters (34)
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- SECTION I.—TITLE OF THE BOOK, AND ITS SIGNIFICATION.
- SECTION II.—CANONICITY OF THE BOOK.
- SECTION III.—DESIGN AND METHOD OF THE BOOK.
- SECTION IV.—IMPORTANCE OF THE BOOK.
- SECTION V.—HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EXEGESIS OF THE BOOK.
- SECTION VI.—THE DIFFERENT VIEWS CLASSIFIED AND EXAMINED.
- THE ALLEGORICAL VIEW.
- REASONS FOR THE ALLEGORICAL VIEW EXAMINED.
- REASONS AGAINST THE ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION.
- THE TYPICAL INTERPRETATION.
- REASONS AGAINST THIS NUPTIAL THEORY.
- SECTION VII.—AUTHOR, DATE, AND FORM OF THE BOOK.
- SECTION VIII.—EXEGETICAL HELPS.
- ANCIENT VERSIONS.
- JEWISH COMMENTATORS.
- CHRISTIAN COMMENTATORS.
- THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON’S.
- SECTION I. CHAPTERS I.–II. 7.
- SECTION II. CHAPTER II. 8–III. 5.
- SECTION III. CHAPTERS III. 6.–V. 1.
- SECTION IV. CHAPTER V. 2–VIII. 4.
- SECTION V. CHAPTER VIII. 5–14.
- Works by the same Author.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
- Abbreviations
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