Striking in its appeal to the senses, the Song of Songs—the Bible’s only book of love poems—is remarkable for its lack of sexual stereotyping and its expression of mutuality in relationships between men and women. Marcia Falk’s rich and lyrical translation, praised by poets and scholars alike, is paired here with the original Hebrew text.

SETH FARBER received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University and his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University. He is the founder of Ma’ayan and ITIM: The Jewish-Life Information Center. He has taught at the graduate schools of Touro College and the Overseas School at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He lives in Raanana , Israel, with his wife, Michelle, and their three children.