Solomon's Song of Songs

Original Historical Documents

Readings in the Song of Songs

Egyptianisms in this love song of Solomon are a clue of real history in the 10th century BC. These phrases include, but may not be limited to the following:

1. "I am black", 1:5;

2. "I have compared thee ... to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots", 1:9;

3. "Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold", 1:10

4. "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys", 2:1

5. "I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense", 4:6

6. "A fountain of gardens", 4:15

7. "... I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammin-a-dib", 6:12

1. probably a reference to sun tanned skin and black hair

2. the implication is obvious

3. Egyptian necklaces fit this discription very closely

4. frequent references to lilies remind us of lotus flowers

5. references to myrrh and frankincense are numerous during the reign of Hatshepsut

6. Egyptian palace gardens are well documented
7. a variant name of the Egyptian god `Amun'

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