Van der Zwan, Pieter2015-10-152014Van der Zwan, P 2014, 'Song of Songs : from transcending to "transcendental" sex (1)', Journal for Semitics, vol. 23, no. 2ii, pp. 841-860.1013-8471http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50241Contrary to the common reception of Song of Songs as ecstatic love poetry, perhaps even exuding some divine atmosphere, is the mostly unrecognised voice of a very human and fragile female protagonist who is either fixated in or has regressed to, a rather primitive psychological condition where her oral, narcissistic and perhaps even depressed orientation ironically opens her up to suggest her desire to include and therefore transcend her beloved. This she does precisely through her embracing sexuality which mirrors her own longing to belong to a wider and greater maternal context which serves as silent background.enUnisa PressSong of SongsLove poetryProtagonistPsychological conditionArticle