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The Song of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon, the Canticle of Canticles, or simply Canticles (Hebrew: ''Šîr HašŠîrîm'' ; Greek: ''asma asmaton'', both meaning "song of songs"), is one of the ''megillot'' (scrolls) of the ''Ketuvim'' (the "Writings", the last section of the ''Tanakh'' or Hebrew Bible), and the fifth of the "wisdom" books of the Christian Old Testament. Scripturally, the Song of Songs is unique in its celebration of sexual love. It gives "the voices of two lovers, praising each other, yearning for each other, proffering invitations to enjoy". The two are in harmony, each desiring the other and rejoicing in sexual intimacy; the women (or "daughters") of Jerusalem form a chorus to the lovers, functioning as an audience whose participation in the lovers' erotic encounters facilitates the participation of the reader. In modern Judaism, the Song is read on the Sabbath during the Passover, which marks the beginning of the grain harvest as well as commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel. Christian tradition, in addition to appreciating the literal meaning of a romantic song between man and woman, has read the poem as an allegory of Christ (the bridegroom) and his Church (the bride). == Structure == There is widespread consensus that, although the book has no plot, it does have what can be called a framework, as indicated by the links between its beginning and end. Beyond this, however, there appears to be little agreement: attempts to find a chiastic structure have not been compelling, and attempts to analyse it into units have used differing methods and arrived at differing results. The following must therefore be taken as indicative rather than determinative: * Introduction (1:1–6) * Dialogue between the lovers (1:7–2:7) * The woman recalls a visit from her lover (2:8–17) * The woman addresses the daughters of Zion (3:1–5) * Sighting a royal wedding procession (3:6–11) * The man describes his lover's beauty (4:1–5:1) * The woman addresses the daughters of Jerusalem (5:2–6:4) * The man describes his lover, who visits him (6:5–12) * Observers describe the woman's beauty (6:13–8:4) * Appendix (8:5–14) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Song of Songs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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