Song of Solomon: Heavenly Love

內容簡介

Title Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Clarifications: A basic introduction (1:1); 2. Craving: What people rightly want and why (1:2-4); 3. Courtship: Self-perceptions and desires -- getting it right (1:5-8); 4. Commitment: Models of care, devotion and fellowship (1:9 -- 2:2); 5. Coming together: The nature of true love (2:3-17); 6. Crisis: A lover lost, a lover sought, a lover found (3:1-5); 7. Ceremony: Two lovers married -- a wedding procession (3:6-11); 8. Consummation: Praising, wooing and loving (4:1 -- 5:1); 9. Coldness: The loss of close covenant communion (5:2-8). 10. Captivation: True beauty and where it is found (5:9 -- 6:12)11. Completeness: The nature of true love in its maturity (6:13 -- 8:4); 12. Continuing: How to continue, commence and complete a loving covenant relationship (8:5-15); Appendix; Select bibliography.