Reading Biblical Poetry An Introductory Guide

Name: Reading Biblical Poetry An Introductory Guide
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ISBN: 9780664224394

ISBN-10: 0664224393

ISBN-13: 9780664224394

Edition: 2001

Authors: J. P. Fokkelman

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Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

<b J. P. Fokkelman</b is an international expert in Semitic languages. He has taught courses in classical Hebrew Literature at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. His publications include the four-volume work <i Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel</i and the trilogy <i Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible</i .

Preface
Preliminary exercise: A strophe by Isaiah and a poem by David	p. 1
The art of poetry: a definition and analysis: Components I and II: language and number	p. 15
A text model and how to use it: Language and number (continued)	p. 37
Parallelism: cola and verses	p. 61
The strophe	p. 87
The stanza	p. 117
The poem as a whole	p. 141
In search of the correct division: The power of repetition	p. 159
Wisdom literature: The book of Job	p. 175
Love poetry: The Songs of Songs	p. 189
The reader's attitude: Productive questions and hints	p. 207
Guidelines for further reading: 150 and more poems, and their divisions	p. 211
Glossary	p. 225
Bibliographical notes	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Index of biblical passages	p. 237
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