Excerpt from Biblical Idyls Edited: With an Introduction and Notes T ire Song ofsongs, commonly known as S olamon's S mg, is here presented as a lyric idyl. It is of unusual impor tance to determine the exact technical form of this work, for upon its correct classification will depend, not only lesser details, but the interpretation of the very story which the poem is to convey. And for arriving at the true classification we have to fall back upon general con siderations, since there is nothing else in Hebrew litera ture with which comparison can be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.