Poetry in the Hebrew Bible: Selected Studies from Vetus TestamentumDavid E. Orton BRILL, 2000 - 253 pages An appreciation of the form and artistry of texts is essential to the understanding of their content, and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of biblical poetry. But poetic form is also worthy of appreciation in its own right, and as the studies in this collection show, Hebrew poetry can be seen as a monument to the literary-artistic achievement of the ancients. Great strides have been made in the investigation of the form and structure of the biblical texts, and no new study of the Hebrew Bible can afford to ignore the fruitful work that has been done in this field. This useful collection presents in a handy format an ample harvest of research by many of the world's leading Hebrew Bible scholars who have published their work in the pages of "Vetus Testamentum" in recent decades. It provides a fascinating reflection of the continuing new discoveries of the richness of the biblical text, which informs the lively present-day study of the Hebrew Bible as world literature. |
Contents
H Kosmala | 24 |
Form and Wordplay in Davids Lament over Saul | 53 |
AB Pairs and Oral Composition in Hebrew Poetry | 90 |
in the Hebrew Poetic Tradition | 110 |
The Literary Structure of the First Two Poems of Balaam | 130 |
The Unity of the Song of Songs | 148 |
E J Revell | 172 |
a Formcritical | 186 |
a Survey | 221 |
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Common terms and phrases
acrostic analysis ancient Hebrew poetry assonance assonantal Balaam balance beginning Bible Biblical Biblical Poetry Canaanite Canaanite language chiasmus chiastic clause cola colon composed consonant DAHOOD David's discussion distich echoes emendation Enthronement Psalms evidence example expression fixed pairs fixed parallels four lines GEVIRTZ gibbôrîm GINSBERG half-line Hebrew Bible Hebrew poetry Homeric hymn inclusio Isaiah Israel Jeremiah Jonathan lament last line literary literature Masoretic metrical Mowinckel noun occurs offers Old Testament oracle oral composition original participle passage pattern pausal forms phrases poem poet poetic preposition prophetic prose Prov Psalm xxix Qumran reconstruction rhetorical Saul semantic sentence Servant similar six units Song Song of Deborah stanza strophe suggests symmetry theophany three lines tradition translation tricola tricolon Ugaritic Ugaritic poetry verb verse victory viii vowel word pairs word-play xlix xxiv xxxi Yahweh YHWH יה יהוה