Hebrew Bible – Old Testament – the Mikra or the acronym ...

In Song the lover describes his love as “comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners” (6:4) He describes her neck as a “tower of ivory,” (7:4) her eyes as “fishpools,” (7:4) and her hair like a “flock of goats.” (4:2) If these images are traditional, it is a tradition that is far different from that of the rest of the ... ................
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