Download or read book Innovations in Hebrew Poetry written by Eric D. Reymond and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although scholars point to similarities between Sirach and the book of Proverbs and sometimes characterize Ben Sira's relationship to biblical poetry as one of imitation (often unsuccessful imitation), this study considers the innovative and unique aspects of Sirach poetry, especially its use of parallelism, and demonstrates that Ben Sira does not rely exclusively on Proverbs or any other biblical book as a model. "Innovations in Hebrew Poetry" provides detailed readings and philological analysis for the nine poems in the Masada scroll, and general observations on many other Sirach and biblical poems complement the analysis. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Download or read book Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetic Parallelism written by Dennis Pardee and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material -- Chapter One: The Parallelistic Structure of 'nt I3 -- Chapter Two: The Parallelistic Structure of Proverbs 2 -- Chapter Three: A Comparison of Ugaritic and Hebrew Parallelism -- Appendix I: Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetry: Parallelism -- Appendix II: Types and Distributions of Parallelism in Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetry -- Index of Biblical Passages.
Download or read book Interpreting Hebrew Poetry written by David L. Petersen and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a convenient introduction to the unique aspects of interpreting the one-third of the Hebrew Bible that is in poetic form. Numerous are the occasions when a failure to distinguish poetry from prose in the Old Testament has resulted in flawed interpretation. Robert Lowth's Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (1753, 1787), marked a turning point of major proportions by focusing on the importance of parallelism of lines. But new studies of the past decade now require significant adjustments to Lowth's analyses. Interpreting Hebrew Poetry offers an authoritative introduction to this discussion of parallelism, meter and rhythm, and poetic style. It also provides by way of example a poetic analysis of Deuteronomy 32, Isaiah 5:1-7, and Psalm 1.
Download or read book Parallelism in Early Hebrew Poetry written by Stephen A. Geller and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colometry in Ugaritic and Biblical Poetry written by Oswald Loretz and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism written by Adele Berlin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding of biblical poetry is enhanced by the study of its structure. In this book Adele Berlin analyzes parallelism, a major feature of Hebrew poetry, from a linguistic perspective. This new edition of Berlin's study features an additional chapter, "The Range of Biblical Metaphors inSmikhut,"by late Russian linguist Lida Knorina. Berlin calls this addition "innovative and instructive to those who value the linguistic analysis of poetry." It is a fitting coda to Berlin's adept analysis.
Download or read book Ugaritic and hebrew poetic parallelism written by Dennis Pardee and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classical Hebrew Poetry written by Wilfred G. E. Watson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of debatable issues, such as metre, we now know enough about classical Hebrew poetry to be able to understand how it was composed. This large-scale manual, rich in detail, exegesis and bibliography, provides guidelines for the analysis and appreciation of Hebrew verse. Topics include oral poetry, metre, parallelism and forms of the strophe and stanza. Sound patterns and imagery are also discussed. A lengthy chapter sets out a whole range of other poetic devices and the book closes with a set of worked examples of Hebrew poetry. Throughout, other ancient Semitic verse has been used for comparison and the principles of modern literary criticism have been applied.
Download or read book Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job written by Scott B. Noegel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noegel here examines instances of Janus parallelism in the Hebrew Bible with particular attention to the book of Job, and with excursuses on the device in other ancient Near Esatern literatures. The author finds the punning device integral to the book of Job, serving a referential function. Within the context of dialogue and debate, the polysemous statements resemble a poetry contest among the participants (Job, his friends, and Elihu). The book also treats the relationship between wordplay and wisdom literature; polysemy as preserved in the Greek, Aramaic, Latin, and Syriac translations; and the impact of Janus parallelism on textual criticism and the unity of the book of Job.
Download or read book Parallelism in Early Biblical Poetry written by Stephen A. Geller and published by Harvard Semitic Monographs. This book was released on 1979 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Observations on Meter -- Observations on "Synthetic Parallelism" -- Works Consulted.
Download or read book Antithetic Structure in Biblical Hebrew Poetry written by Joze Krasovec and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material /Jože Krašovec -- Introduction: The Definition of Antithesis in Literature and its Place in the Hebrew Bible /Jože Krašovec -- Chapter One: Epic Literature /Jože Krašovec -- Chapter Two: Psalmic Literature /Jože Krašovec -- Chapter Three: Prophetic Literature /Jože Krašovec -- Chapter Four: Didactic Literature /Jože Krašovec -- Appendix /Jože Krašovec -- Conclusions /Jože Krašovec -- Selected Bibliography /Jože Krašovec.
Download or read book An Attempt to Delineate the Characteristic Structure of Classical Biblical Hebrew Poetry written by Donald Broadribb and published by Donald Broadribb. This book was released on 1995 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ugarit in Retrospect written by Gordon Douglas Young and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1981 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Proceedings of the symposium of the same title held at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, February 26, 1979, under the auspices of the Middle West Branch of the American Oriental Society and the Mid-West Region of the Society of Biblical Literature."
Download or read book The Structural Analysis of Biblical and Canaanite Poetry written by Willem van der Meer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse written by Wilfred G. E. Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before, during and after the preparation of Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to its Techniques, Wilfred Watson published several articles on Hebrew poetry in a wide range of periodicals. The present volume collects together the most significant of these writings, including a chapter from a book on chiasmus, as well as a few unpublished items. After an opening survey of current work on Hebrew verse the articles cover the following topics: parallelism (including half-line parallelism, previously almost unnoticed), antithesis, word pairs, chiasmus, figurative language and introductions to speech in verse. The last section deals with structural devices and a folktale motif in narrative verse, hyperbole, apostrophe and alliteration. Previously unpublished items are on the contribution of ethnopoetics, from the study of Native American literature to Hebrew narrative verse (a new topic in biblical studies), parallelism in the Song of Songs and a metaphor in Jeremiah. This anthology is intended as a companion volume to Classical Hebrew Poetry. It includes additions and corrections to that book and there are also several indices.
Download or read book The Basics of Hebrew Poetry written by Samuel T. S. Goh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 75 percent of the Old Testament is made up of poetic passages, yet for many readers (lay Christians, even seminary students and pastors), biblical poetic passages remain the greatest challenge. Being unfamiliar with poetry in general and biblical poetry in particular, their reading and preaching are limited to selected poetic passages. This in turn limits their understanding of God's word. To help readers overcome these problems, the first four chapters of this book aim to get them familiarized with the literary techniques of biblical poets. To demonstrate how the techniques work to bring across the biblical theological message, the last three chapters offer poetic analyses of three passages of different kinds. In the process, we hope to draw attention to the beauty of the Hebrew poetic art and to the creative skill of biblical poets' versification. The ultimate aim, however, is to help readers discover the rich message of the Bible.
Download or read book Vertical Grammar of Parallelism in Biblical Hebrew written by David Toshio Tsumura and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential resource for sound exegesis of biblical poetry While previous books on parallelism have focused almost exclusively on semantic classification, in his new book David Toshio Tsumura focuses on the grammatical and phonetic aspects as well. In particular, he defines and illustrates the vertical grammatical relationship between parallel lines. Readers will master how to read Biblical Hebrew poetry effectively by focusing on the basic linguistic features of word order, parallelistic structure, and rhetorical devices. For the benefit of nonspecialists, all Hebrew poems are given in accessible transliteration. This book is an indispensable companion to the Hebrew Bible for both beginners and experienced scholars.
