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Song of Solomon


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Soul Desire

Song of Solomon 3

Song of Songs 4:1–5:1, from The Song of Songs, published in Berlin by Hasefer [S. D. Saltzmann] by Zeev Raban
Susanna Bathing by Jacopo Tintoretto
Altarpiece of the Dominicans by Martin Schongauer

The Garden of Earthly and Heavenly Delights

Song of Solomon 4:8–5:1

His lips are like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh… Solomon’s Song 5:12, 13 by Lika Tov
Le Cantique des Cantiques II (Song of Songs II I.7) by Marc Chagall
Photo: Frederic Griffiths Photography by Edward Burne-Jones

Seek and You Shall Find

Song of Solomon 5:2–6:3


Ecclesiastes Isaiah

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