The Hitchhiker’s Guide (20)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

One who gives a right answer kisses the lips.  Proverbs 24:26  NASB Right answer – What an odd saying!  What does giving the correct answer have to do with a kiss?  It’s almost as if the entire verse is idiomatic.  And many translations take it that way.  So, we get: “An honest answer is the…

Finding What You Look For

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Oh, give me the kisses of your mouth for your love is more delightful than wine. Song of Songs 1:2 JPS Kisses – It’s almost commonplace among critical scholars to point out the misuse of the text when the Song of Songs is treated as a theological description of Christ and the Bride-Church. Various passages…