To many readers the Song of Songs is a puzzling book. We are not sure whether to read it as romantic poetry or as allegory, and either answer raises fresh questions.

Why is a love poem a whole book of the Bible? If it is allegorical, what are we to make of the imagery? And if we are neither married nor dating, should we be reading it at all? Iain M. Duguid treats the Song as Scripture written for the whole church, in the Reformed Expository Commentary's blend of exegesis and sermonic warmth.