Song of Solomon: A 12-Week Study

by Jay Harvey, Dane Ortlund (Editor), Lane T. Dennis (Editor)

Overview

This 12-week study highlights the practical wisdom embedded in the Song of Solomon and celebrates the beauty of marriage as a reflection of God’s love for his people. Part of the Knowing the Bible series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433555589
Publisher:	Crossway
Publication date:	06/30/2018
Series:	Knowing the Bible
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James L. Harvey III (DMin, Erskine Seminary) serves as the senior pastor of Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Newark. He previously served as a campus minister at Princeton University. 

J. I. Packer (1926–2020) served as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.

Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers and Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.

Lane T. Dennis (PhD, Northwestern University) is the former president and CEO of Crossway. Before joining Crossway in 1974, he served as a pastor in campus ministry at the University of Michigan (Sault Ste. Marie) and as the managing director of Verlag Grosse Freude in Switzerland. He is the author and/or editor of three books, including the Gold Medallion-award-winning book Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer, and he is the former chairman of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Dennis serves as the chairman of the ESV (English Standard Version) Bible Translation Oversight Committee and as the executive editor of the ESV Study Bible. Lane and his wife, Ebeth, live in Wheaton, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Series Preface J. I. Packer Lane T. Dennis 6

Week 1 Overview 7

Week 2 The Desire of the Woman (1:1-4) 13

Week 3 The Restoration of Honor (1:5-11) 19

Week 4 Anticipating Marriage (1:12-2:7) 25

Week 5 The Discipline of Waiting (2:8-17) 31

Week 6 A Night of Insecurity (3:1-5) 37

Week 7 The Wedding (3:6-5:1) 43

Week 8 The Dream (5:2-6:3) 49

Week 9 Renewed Contemplation (6:4-12) 55

Week 10 Renewed Consummation (6:13-8:4) 61

Week 11 Epilogue (8:5-14) 67

Week 12 Summary and Conclusion 75