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Footnote 1 - Different Ways of Looking at the Birth of Jesus

All quotations are from the Revised Standard Version.

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Footnote 1 - Words That Occur in the Bible Only Once—How Hard Are They to Translate?

See “Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs.”

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Footnote 1 - “As The Seal Upon Thy Heart”

Glyptic, literally meaning “carving,” is used here to designate specifically the product of the seal-carver’s art.

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Footnote 5 - Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs

Franchs Landy Paradoxes of Paradise: Identity and Difference in the Song of Songs (The Almond Press: Sheffield, England, 1983).

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Footnote 4 - Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs

See “As the Seal Upon Thy Heart.”

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Footnote 3 - Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs

Marcia Falk, The Song of Songs: Love Poems from the Bible (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich: New York, 1977).

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Footnote 2 - Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs

Marvin H. Pope, Song of Songs: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary The Anchor Bible (Doubleday & Company, Inc.: New York, 1979), p.25. See also Jack M. Sasson, “On Pope’s Song Song [AB 7C],” Maarav 1 (1980), pp. 177–196, and Marvin H. Pope, “Response to Sasson on the Sublime Song,” Maarav 2 (1980), pp. 207–214.