The Song of Songs Is a Picture of God's Passion

The erotic content must be read in the theological context. The ancients did not read the song devotionally because they were embarrassed by its sexuality, but because they understood sexuality and sacra mental ways human love took its color from divine love. Eugene peterson says that genesis two plus exodus 15 gives you the song of songs. He is saying that a people in a fallen, corrupted world experience that this pursuing love of godt we see in genesis is still coming after them.