Song of Songs

An Overview

1. The Song's SETTING: Zion, a new Eden
2. The Song's CHARACTERS: Solomon and the Shulammite, a new Adam and Eve
3. The Song's PLOT: Covenant, a relationship of innocence and intimacy
4. The Song's MEANING: Three Levels of Significance
   1. Human love between man and woman
   2. Yahweh and Israel (God and His people)
   3. Christ and the church (new covenant love)