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Is there a "higher meaning"?

No. Read literally

Message

Christ's love for the church is even stronger than the most ideal love between man and wife

Genesis 1-2

Were both naked and felt no shame

Outline

Scene 1: woman and love praise one another


Scene 2: woman and liver intensify their longings


Scene 3: woman searches for her lover


Scene 4: woman heralds the arrival of King Solomon


Scene 5: lover and bride enjoy intimacy


Scene 6: bride takes lover for granted and then rejects it


Scene 7: bride and lover are reunited


Scene 8: bride and lover extol virtues of purity and commitment

What person reference is coming in Jewish and Christian tradition?

Third person references are common in Jewish and Christian tradition

Interpretive views

Allegory individual songs, dramatic/storyline (two people), dramatic (three people)

When read alongside Proverbs...

Represents wisdom for an ideal marriage that will not be threatened by the adulterous woman

When read alongside Ecclesiastes

Recognizes the ultimate inability of any human relationship to fulfill the needs that only God can satisfy