The last line, “a raging flame,” is probably a superlative, but some suppose that it uses the name of God and thus read it as “the flame of Yah.” This absence of any reference to the divine may have encouraged discussion about the Song’s inclusion in the canon.
The last line, “a raging flame,” is probably a superlative, but some suppose that it uses the name of God and thus read it as “the flame of Yah.” This absence of any reference to the divine may have encouraged discussion about the Song’s inclusion in the canon.