The Song of Songs is the only work in the Bible that focuses exclusively on human-to-human love, not human-to-divine – at least on the surface level of the poem.

A steadfast love Among the more passionate poems in the Hebrew Bible is one David is said to have pronounced for Jonathan and his father, Saul, the Israelite king.

The Rev. Stephanie Swinnea, rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, offers a seminar Saturday on acceptance and human sexuality aimed at young people heading home for Thanksgiving.

What all these instances of love have in common, I think, is a reaching out beyond our own being to things that are able to lend weight and meaning to our lives, and, at the same time, an ...

Heroism = love in action. Whether it's a mother's protection or a stranger's courage, people act heroically because they care, not for fame. Love can be fierce, not fragile.

For the idea of love, biblical Hebrew has precious few synonyms. Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation of love: the love of a man for a woman, the love of any human being ...