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Solomon’s girl

The “Song of Songs” is a weird love song that ambiguously seems to claim to be written by Solomon, which is the only reason this eight-chapter erotic poem made it into the Bible.

The song is full of descriptions of the appearance of someone who is apparently Solomon’s favorite of his many lovers. He says she is altogether beautiful and perfect, with no flaw. She is a rose of Sharon and a lily of the valley, and she’s also a wall. She’s like a mare among Pharaoh’s horses.

Her head crowns her like a mountain, and her hair is like a royal tapestry and a flock of goats. Her eyes are doves, her nose is like a tower, her lips are like a scarlet ribbon dripping with honey, and her teeth are like shorn sheep. Her breasts are like towers, clusters of fruit, and twin gazelle fawns. Her hands are dripping with myrrh, her waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies, her legs are like jewels, etc., etc.

For some reason, all those artists of past centuries who liked to paint biblical scenes don’t seem to have done any pictures of this girl that capture these descriptions. But with the help of GPT-4o, we can now visualize what Solomon’s loveliest girl looked like. Behold the beautiful Shulamite:

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