The
Song of Songs, also known as the
Song of Solomon, the
Canticle of Canticles, or simply
Canticles (
Hebrew:
Šîr HašŠîrîm ;
Greek:
asma asmaton, both meaning "song of songs"), is one of the
megillot (scrolls) of the
Ketuvim (the "Writings", the last section of the
Tanakh or
Hebrew Bible), and the fifth of the "wisdom" books of the Christian
Old Testament.