Song of Songs details a kind of conversation between a Bride and Bridegroom and interjections from the Bride’s companions. Both Bride and Bridegroom speak of the intense love that they bear one another and how their love is the best of the best. With dramatic imagery, they paint a picture of a beautiful couple enthralled with one another. When asked why they have chosen each other, Bride and Bridegroom respond with overflowing words of praise.
Unlike most books of the books for this class, I read many of the footnotes giving commentators ideas about various parts of the book, and I found them incredibly interesting. Through the entire work, they showed how the Bride and Bridegroom are the Church and Christ respectively. I loved it. From the roles that the Bride and Bridegroom possess to how they are described, every detail highlights the role that Christ plays in the life of the Church. I had known that this book foreshadowed how Christ would love the Church; however, the footnotes helped me to see just how much the imagery of the book could be applied to Christ and the Church.
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