• Chapters 1-2

The story opens with a woman (often called the Shulammite) longing for her lover, a shepherd-king figure. She praises his beauty—“black curls,” “fragrant as myrrh” (1:5-14)—and he calls her a “lily among thorns” (2:2). They flirt through vineyard and garden imagery, her dreaming of him catching foxes that spoil their love (2:15). It’s heady, mutual desire.

The Song of Solomon, aka Song of Songs, author: Solomon, 970 BCE

(the Song of Solomon cartoons are attributed to ME) though its authorship and date of these cartoons… a ‘few’ years later.

Spanning eight chapters, it’s a poetic love dialogue —unique in the Bible for its focus on romantic passion rather than law or prophecy.

It’s a celebration of love—erotic, tender, and unshakable. No Antichrist or overt theology here, just human intimacy in lush poetry. Interpreters split: some see it as literal romance (Solomon and a bride), others as allegory (God and Israel, Christ and the church). Its Hebrew is old but polished, suggesting a skilled poet, maybe not Solomon himself. Either way, it’s the Bible’s steamiest book—raw passion with a divine nod.

• Chapters 5-6:

Tension hits—she dreams he knocks, but she delays; he’s gone when she opens the door (5:2-6). Watchmen beat her as she searches. She describes him to friends—radiant, strong, “altogether lovely” (5:10-16). He’s in his garden; they reunite, and he admires her again—feet to hair, a “palm tree” he’d climb (6:4-9).