Psychological approaches to the Song of Songs

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Van der Zwan, Pieter

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Unisa Press

Abstract

Within the broader psychological biblical criticism this study intends to motivate why psychological approaches to the text of the Song of Songs make sense for a meaningful reception, which kinds of psychological approaches suit this analysis the most, and how they could be utilised for analysing and interpreting the characters that feature in this lyric love poetry, with a special focus on the unconscious way they perceive their bodies and those of others.

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It was presented as a shorter paper during the 3rd Song of Songs Symposium on 4 July 2014 in Vienna.

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Biblical criticism, Song of Songs, Psychological approaches, Love poetry, Human Sexuality

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Van der Zwan, P 2016, 'Psychological approaches to the Song of Songs', Journal for Semitics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 658-672.