This article may be updated with new resources at any time.
Overview
Reading the Text
- ESV.org Song of Solomon — read or listen to the text and access parallel study resources
- ESV Song of Solomon Dramatized Audio Bible — highly recommended given the nature of the text
Videos, Podcasts, and Articles
- Bible Project Guide to the Song of Songs
- Liam Goligher, “Song of Songs,” Tenth Presbyterian Church. The first sermon in a series. Goligher draws heavily from Jim Hamilton’s book, listed below.
Online Notes and Commentaries
- John Wesley, Notes on the Song of Solomon.
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Commentary on the Song of Songs.
- Charles Spurgeon, Sermons on the Song of Songs.
Commentaries and Books
- James M. Hamilton Jr., Song of Songs: A Biblical–Theological, Allegorical, Christological Interpretation (Christian Focus, 2015). Highly recommended.
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 1 (Liturgical Press, 1971). See all four volumes (86 sermons in total).
- J. Robert Wright, ed., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (IVP Academic, 2005). Available in Logos.
- Best Commentaries recommendations — you can sort the “Academic Level” on the right hand side (“Semi-Technical” and “Non-Technical” are accessible to most laypeople).
