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Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques

Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques

Watson, Wilfred G.

Paperback

Series: T & T Clark Biblical Languages

Literary CriticismBible StudiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0567083888
ISBN13: 9780567083883
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Dec 30 2004
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.73
Height: 1.47 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

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.

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