Poetry & Allegory — How do we read Song of Songs?

Reading the Old Testament: A guide to finding your way through difficult Old Testament passages

Dr Andrew Ollerton meets with academics and researchers from the Tyndale House network to discuss how they approach the Old Testament and wrestle with its trickier passages. Each episode focuses in on a different text from the Old Testament, as we explore the reading processes and practices that researchers bring to their own Bible reading. 

In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Ros Clarke to talk about how we read poetry and allegory in the Old Testament. We focus in on Chapter 5 of the Song of Songs as Ros helps us to unpack some of the richness and beauty of Old Testament poetry. 

Please note that this episode does include discussion of sexual violence. 

Reading list:
Forty Women: Unseen women of the Bible from Eden to Easter (IVP,  2021) 
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins 

Trusting the Bible is a collaboration between Tyndale House and the Bible Society. 

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