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Part II — Joshua to Revelation (1898)
Books of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon
The poetry books read against the grain: the ornamental princess of the Psalms, Proverbs' double ledger of the virtuous woman and the strange woman, Solomon's claim that not one wise woman exists in a thousand, and Stanton's brisk verdict that the Song of Solomon is no allegory of Christ and the Church but a love poem, and should be read as one.
The king's daughter of Psalm xlvProverbs' virtuous woman and its warnings against womenSolomon's verdict on womankindThe Song of Solomon as love poem