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The '''Song of Solomon''' or '''Song of Songs''' is the twenty-second book of the Protestant Bible. It is classified, with ''Job'', ''Psalms'', ''Proverbs'', and ''Ecclesiastes'', as part of the "wisdom literature." It is a celebration of sensual love, expressed in lyric poetry. It is sometimes interpreted as an allegory representing the love of Christ for the Church.
The '''Song of Solomon''' or '''Song of Songs''' is the twenty-second book of the Protestant Bible. It is classified, with ''Job'', ''Psalms'', ''Proverbs'', and ''Ecclesiastes'', as part of the "wisdom literature." It is a celebration of sensual love, expressed in lyric poetry. It is traditionally interpreted as an allegory representing the love of Christ for the Church.
It is noteworthy among the books of the Bible in never mentioning God.
It is noteworthy among the books of the Bible in never mentioning God (literally). St. [[Bernard of Clervaux] wrote a cycle of sermons on the Song of Songs, which is regarded as one of the touchstones of Christian mysticism.
==References==
* [http://glorifyhisname.com/sys-tmpl/b1/ The first cycle of St. Bernard's sermons on the Song of Songs]