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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CANTICLES

kan'-ti-k'-lz.

See SONG OF SONGS.

Library

Canticles 4:12 the Lord's Garden.
... CHAPTER XV Canticles 4:12. THE LORD'S GARDEN. THE Lord Jesus Christ has a garden.
It is the company of all who are true believers in Him. They are His garden. ...
/.../chapter xv canticles 4 12 the.htm

The Interpretation of that Passage of the Canticles.
... Discourse VII."Procilla. Chapter II."The Interpretation of that Passage
of the Canticles. Consider now, O virgins, that, in ...
/.../chapter ii the interpretation of that.htm

The Poetical Books (Including Also Ecclesiastes and Canticles).
... SECOND DIVISION: PARTICULAR INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER XXI. THE POETICAL BOOKS
(INCLUDING ALSO ECCLESIASTES AND CANTICLES). 1. The Hebrews ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxi the poetical books.htm

Whether God Should be Praised with Song?
... For the Apostle says (Col.3:16): "Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms,
hymns and spiritual canticles." Now we should employ nothing in the divine ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether god should be praised 2.htm

We Come Next in the Order of Belief to the Holy Church. We have ...
... and I will not sit with the ungodly." But of this Church which keeps the faith of
Christ entire, hear what the Holy Spirit says in the Canticles, "My dove is ...
/.../39 we come next in.htm

It is Related Also that vinegar was Given Him to Drink, or Wine ...
... bitterness." And again, the Prophet upbraiding them says, "Oh foolish people and
unwise, have ye thus requited the Lord?" Moreover, in the Canticles the same ...
/.../26 it is related also.htm

Of the Old Testament, Therefore, First of all There have Been ...
... Solomon gave three books to the Churches, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles. ... Solomon
gave three books to the Churches, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles. ...
/.../37 of the old testament.htm

How Holy Benevolence Produces the Praise of the Divine Well ...
... run over the wonders of the divine goodness, immolated on the altar of his heart
the mystic victim of the utterances of his voice, by canticles and psalms of ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter viii how holy benevolence.htm

Of the Supreme Effect of Affective Love, which is the Death of the ...
... his eyes towards heaven, raising his voice very high, and pronouncing by way of
ejaculation with great fervour, these words of the Canticles (the last which he ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix of the supreme.htm

Liturgical Use.
... is said to have been added by Pope Damasus I., who also transposed v.56 to stand
as the finale of the Song (see James M'Swiney, Psalms and Canticles, Lond.1901 ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/liturgical use.htm

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Canticles

(Song of Songs), entitled in the Authorized Version THE SONG OF SOLOMON. It was probably written by Solomon about B.C. 1012. It may be called a drama, as it contains the dramatic evolution of a simple love-story. Meaning. -- The schools of interpretation may be divided into three: the mystical or typical, the allegorical, and the literal .

The mystical interpretation owes its origin to the desire to find a literal basis of fact for the allegorical. This basis is either the marriage of Solomon with Pharoah's daughter or his marriage with an Israelitish woman, the Shulamite.
The allegorical. According to the Talmud the beloved is taken to be God; the loved one , or bride, is the congregation of Israel . In the Christian Church the Talmudical interpretation, imported by Origen, was all but universally received.
The literal interpretation. According to the most generally-received interpretation of the modern literalists, the Song is intended to display the victory of humble and constant love over the temptations of wealth and royalty. Canonicity. -- The book has been rejected from the Canon by some critics; but in no case has its rejection been defended on external grounds. It is found in the LXX. and in the translations of Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion. It is contained in the catalog given in the Talmud,a nd in the catalogue of Melito; and in short we have the same evidence for its canonicity as that which is commonly adduced for the canonicity of any book of the Old Testament.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Canticle.

Thesaurus

Canticles
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Canticle. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. CANTICLES. kan'-ti-k'-lz. See SONG OF SONGS. ...
/c/canticles.htm - 6k

Songs (100 Occurrences)
... V. CLOSING HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS LITERATURE The full title in Hebrew is "The So
of Songs, which is Solomon's." The book is called by some Canticles, and by ...
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Song (207 Occurrences)
... V. CLOSING HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS LITERATURE The full title in Hebrew is "The So
of Songs, which is Solomon's." The book is called by some Canticles, and by ...
/s/song.htm - 78k

Apple (8 Occurrences)
... It is enumerated among the most valuable trees of Palestine (Joel 1:12), and frequently
referred to in Canticles, and noted for its beauty (2:3, 5; 8:5). There ...
/a/apple.htm - 17k

Vulgate
... Gallican Psalter. The preface to Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles and
Chronicles is extant to show he had revised these books. Job ...
/v/vulgate.htm - 38k

Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... Concerning this tradition two facts are to be noted: First, it classes Ecclesiastes
with the 5 miscellaneous books (Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes ...
/p/preacher.htm - 48k

Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... Concerning this tradition two facts are to be noted: First, it classes Ecclesiastes
with the 5 miscellaneous books (Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes ...
/e/ecclesiastes.htm - 27k

Ostraca
... idic New Testament. A Christian hymn to Mary, akin to the canticles of
Luke, and some Christian letters have been found. The work ...
/o/ostraca.htm - 10k

Poetry
... as criticism, it may unhesitatingly be affirmed that the Hebrew Scriptures contain
a goodly amount of genuine poetry; compare the Psalms, Job, Canticles, etc. ...
/p/poetry.htm - 48k

Lily (9 Occurrences)
... They supplied models for the ornaments of the pillars and the molten sea" (1 Kings
7:19, 22, 26; 2 Chronicles 4:5). In the Canticles its beauty and fragrance ...
/l/lily.htm - 15k

Subtopics

Canticles

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Songs (100 Occurrences)

Song (207 Occurrences)

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Preacher (27 Occurrences)

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Ostraca

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Lily (9 Occurrences)