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the book's own names refers to a biblical book with the same title that tell the story of two lovers, king Solomon and his black shulamite bride

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And abided by whatever the finger pointed to.
"You can't name the baby this" ... "Thats where my finger went down at"

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Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

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I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. my heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.

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Pilate is referred to as the "Christ Killer" in the Bible, however in the book Pilate is the complete opposite, a loving and selfless character that breaks away from her namesake.

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By having an affair with Porter she breaks the class barrier, that refers to Paul the writer of first corinthians that tried to unify people in God.

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In both the Bible and the book the characters choose to keep their old life even after a tragic death.

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n a direct reference to the Bible Hagar is used by milkman for year and is abandoned by him only because he gets tired of her, in the Bible she is also abandoned.

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The author brings greater depth to her characters by giving them biblical names as a form of allusion, she highlights the characters individualities using parallels between the Bible and song of Salomon.