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\u201cI am black but lovely,\u201d the bride of the Song insists to the daughters of Jerusalem. \u00a0That judgment runs against the aesthetics of the time, according to which white, untarnished skin was a sign of beauty, as well as a sign of class distinction. <\/p>\n
She is black because she was burned by the sun while working in the vineyard at the command of her brothers (1:6). \u00a0Jenson rightly finds an allegory of exodus here. \u00a0Yahweh punished Israel\u2019s unfaithfulness in guarding her own vineyard by putting her to work in the hot sun (1:6). \u00a0She turned dark as a result of her punishment. \u00a0But she boasts that this very punishment has beautified her, and endeared her to her Lord. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI am black but lovely,\u201d the bride of the Song insists to the daughters of Jerusalem. \u00a0That judgment runs against the aesthetics of the time, according to which white, untarnished skin was a sign of beauty, as well as a sign of class distinction. She is black because she was burned by the sun while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-ot-song-of-songs"],"yoast_head":"\n