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Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon   Song of Songs, or Canticles, book of the Bible, 22d in the order of the Authorized Version. Although traditionally ascribed to King Solomon, many scholars date it as late as the 3d cent. BC It is in form a collection of love poems. Its preservation in the Jewish and Christian canon is due not to its universally admitted poetic beauty, but to the acceptance of it as an allegory or parable of God's love for Israel, or for the church, or for the soul that loves Him. Famous among such interpretations are St. Bernard of Clairvaux's 86 sermons on the book (tr. 1895) and St. Francis de Sales's explanation (tr. 1908).

Bibliography: See studies by G. T. Dickinson (1971) and C. Suares (1972).

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	Saint Francis de Sales Award. Magazine article from: Commonweal; 7/16/1999; 82 words ; Saint Francis de Sales Award Congratulations to Senior Writer Robert G. Hoyt on being awarded the Catholic Press Association's Saint Francis de Sales Award. Bob was first nominated for the award thirty-eight years ago as founding editor of the... Read more
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	Frank Maiorana, 80.(DEATHS) Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 7/25/2008; 193 words ; ...and built his own fishing rods. He was a communicant of St. Francis de Sales Church. Besides his wife he leaves two children, Frank...Kingstown, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m in St. Francis de Sales Church, 381 School Street, North Kingstown. Burial will... Read more
	Books received from Catholic publishers. Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 4/1/2004; 501 words ; ...Treasury of Quotations on the Spiritual Life: St. Francis de Sales (vol. 2), 2003, $11.95 U.S., hardcover, 176...collection of pithy inspirational messages from St. Francis de Sales, the popular saint and doctor of the Church... Read more
	Russ and Rita Hoffman of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish, Moorhead, Minn., have cared for more than 400 foster children over the past 45 years.(PEOPLE)(Brief article) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 5/25/2007; 86 words ; Russ and Rita Hoffman of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish, Moorhead, Minn., have cared for more than 400 foster children over the past 45 years. Earlier this month... Read more
	A History of the English Bible as Literature. (Books: biographies of the book).(Review) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...He appreciates the Bible's history prior to the 1611 Authorized Version, a history that stretches from John Wycliffe through William...parceled out biblical texts to his bishops to create a new authorized version for Queen Elizabeth I. By the time we reach the 17th century... Read more
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	In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture. (Books: biographies of the book).(Review) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...He appreciates the Bible's history prior to the 1611 Authorized Version, a history that stretches from John Wycliffe through William...parceled out biblical texts to his bishops to create a new authorized version for Queen Elizabeth I. By the time we reach the 17th century... Read more
	Journees d'etudes Francois de Sales. Lecteur mon prochain (Reader, my neighbor): Actes: Thonon-les-Bains, les 25/27 janvier 1996.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Communication Research Trends; 3/22/1999; ; 302 words ; ...FF 120.-. This volume of proceedings of the study days of Francis de Sales held at Thonon-les-Bains, France, and organized by the...neighbors. This attitude is deemed consistent with that of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of the Catholic press, who worked in the... Read more

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