377  First Words. . . Editorial Introduction.  By Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford, Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, and Managing Editor of Review & Expositor, and Mark E. Biddle, Professor of Old Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Editorial Board of Review & Expositor

379  A Word From. . . . By Tony Campolo, Professor Emeritus, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and Founder and President,The Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education.

383  A Word About. . . Theological Education. By L. Juliana M. Claassens, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Editorial Board of Review & Expositor.

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389  An Introduction to the Song of Songs. By Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford, Professor of Old Testament and Biblical .  McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, and Managing Editor of Review & Expositor.

403 Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons on the Song of Songs: Why They Matter. By Wm. Lloyd Allen, Sylvan Hill Professor of Baptist Heritage and Professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia.

417 “Most Beautiful Among Women”: Feminist/Womanist Contributions to Reading the Song of Songs.  By Robin McCall, a fifth-year doctoral candidate, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.

435 Where Men are Men and Women are Women? The Song of Songs and Gender. By Don Polaski, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

453 Awakening Desire Before It Is Season: Reading Biblical Texts in Response to the Sexual Exploitation of Children. By David G. Garber, Jr., Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, and Daniel Stallings, recent graduate, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia.

471  Undulating the Holy? Returning the Sacred to Our Dancing Bodies: Song of Songs 7:1-4. By Angela Yarber, doctoral student in Arts and Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and Associate Pastor of Arts and Education, Shell Ridge Community Church, Walnut Creek, California.

481  Song of Songs: A Select Annotated Bibliography. By Mark E. Biddle, Professor of Old Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Editorial Board of Review & Expositor.

493  Growing Up with Solomon’s Song: Song of Songs 7:1-9. By Jim Dant, Pastor of Highland Hills Baptist Church, Macon, Georgia.

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