Yay! My hobbies are biblical!

[elfs]

It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, "Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one" ... My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him.

—(Song of Solomon 5:2-4)

Comments

Right.

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

The whole bit about the assault scene just hasn't made it into most people's consciousnesses about the Song of Songs.

Taking passages out of context in the Bible is a bit, fat, hairy mistake.

Re: Right.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

It's nearly the only way I see such things quoted - both in English and in Hebrew, although there is a habit of referring to specific stories (without quoting them) in Hebrew.

Often, the partial quote means the exact opposite of the full, in-context quote. And sometimes the translation loses more meaning than it conveys.

It is dismaying that people think they're quoting the living words of god when they so mangle the texts.