Section 5:9–6:3: The bride’s commendation of the beloved. In the allegorical interpretations of Jewish expositors, all of this is spoken by exiled …

What is thy beloved?—This question, introducing the description of the bridegroom’s person, raises the conjecture almost …

What is your beloved more than [another] beloved, O you
fairest among women ?
&c.] Th…

Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin…