http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/talmud Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:48:19 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:48:19 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/658/contradiction-in-marriage-and-love-in-the-song-of-songs By Megan P. Kaplon - The Song of Songs is a unique book in the Bible. There is no plot and no mention of God, but the piece says a lot about early Hebrew traditions surrounding marriage and love, using elaborate descriptions and complex relationships. The overall message of The Song of Songs has been hotly debated, and possibly this is because of the nature of its assembly and the culture from which it sprung. The Song was most likely a collage of wedding songs sung across the Jewish world, and because the ancient Jewish community was widely dispersed and interpreted their beliefs many different ways, the Song of... Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/658/contradiction-in-marriage-and-love-in-the-song-of-songs