שיר השירים

aka Šīr hašŠīrīm, Song of Solomon

Song of Songs

Author

Solomon

Language

Biblical Hebrew

Year

c. 10th - 3rd century BCE

Country

Israel

Genre

Poetry Collection

Part of

Hebrew Bible

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The Song of Songs, also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ("writings"), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, it is erotic poetry; lovers express passionate desire, exchange compliments, and invite one another to enjoy. The poem narrates an intense, poetic love story between a woman and her lover through a series of sensual dialogues, dreams, metaphors, and warnings to the "daughters of Jerusalem" not to awaken love before its time.