Van der Zwan, Pieter2017-06-012016-12Van der Zwan, P 2016, 'Psychological approaches to the Song of Songs', Journal for Semitics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 658-672.1013-8471http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60742It was presented as a shorter paper during the 3rd Song of Songs Symposium on 4 July 2014 in Vienna.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.enUnisa PressBiblical criticismSong of SongsPsychological approachesLove poetryHuman SexualityTheology articles SDG-03SDG-03: Good health and well-beingTheology articles SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationTheology articles SDG-05SDG-05: Gender equalityArticle