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ABOUT THIS BOOK AND ITS AUTHOR

DEDICATION

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CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS THE SONG OF SONGS?

CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW BIBLE'S MUSICAL NOTATION

CHAPTER 3: ISRAEL'S "MELOGENIC" SACRED MUSIC

CHAPTER 4: THE MELOS OF THE SONG OF SONGS

CHAPTER 5: THE POETRY OF THE SONG OF SONGS

CHAPTER 6: THE BACKGROUND OF THE SONG OF SONGS

INSET 1: THE LETTERIS EDITION OF THE SONG OF SONGS

INSET 2: THE SCORE AND RECORDINGS OF THE SONG OF SONGS

CHAPTER 7: THE COURTSHIP OF THE LOVERS

CHAPTER 8: THE BETROTHAL OF THE LOVERS

CHAPTER 9: THE WEDDING OF THE LOVERS

CHAPTER 10: THE LOVERS' WEDDING NIGHT

CHAPTER 11: THE DEAR ONE'S DEVOTION

CHAPTER 12: THE LOVED ONE'S DEVOTION

CHAPTER 13: "I AM MY LOVER'S..."

CHAPTER 14: THE STRONGEST THING OF ALL

CHAPTER 15: THE REAL AUTHOR OF MARRIAGE

CHAPTER 16: "WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?"

APPENDIX 1: THE VOCABULARY OF THE SONG OF SONGS

APPENDIX 2: TEXTUAL CRITICISM AND THE SONG OF SONGS

APPENDIX 3: INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SONG OF SONGS

APPENDIX 4: THE STRUCTURE OF THE BIBLICAL MELOS

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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS

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