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Biblical Reading and Reflections: December 31st (Song of Songs 8 & Luke 24:13-53)

Alastair's Adversaria

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The Relationship Between the Bride and the Bridegroom

Throughout the song, the bride's beloved is coming near to her and then slipping out of her grasp or vanishing. Full consummation of their union seems to be deferred in various ways. In speaking of her desire that he was like a brother to her, the bride imagines a situation where they had ed her mother's breasts as infants. The woman might want the securer union and kinship character stic of siblinks in a more formal and public bond between the two.

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