Author: F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199766908
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Uniquely considering the characteristics of biblical Hebrew poetry beyond its currently best known feature, parallelism,On Biblical Poetry demonstrates the many interesting and valuable interpretations that yield from analyses of major facets of biblical verse, as well as careful attention to prosody--rhythm, lineation, and the like--and close reading. Through a series of programmatic essays, F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp argues that biblical poetry is, in most respects, just like any other verse tradition--and thus biblical poems should be read and interpreted like other poems. Using the same critical tools and kinds of guiding assumptions as traditional verse scholarship, this book also considers the historicity and cultural specificity that distinguishes the verse of the Bible. The literary and the historical, then, are in view throughout. Issues of orality, textuality, and literacy at the site of biblical poems are also probed extensively and there is a strong comparative orientation to much of the thinking in the volume.
On Biblical Poetry
Author: F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199766908
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Uniquely considering the characteristics of biblical Hebrew poetry beyond its currently best known feature, parallelism,On Biblical Poetry demonstrates the many interesting and valuable interpretations that yield from analyses of major facets of biblical verse, as well as careful attention to prosody--rhythm, lineation, and the like--and close reading. Through a series of programmatic essays, F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp argues that biblical poetry is, in most respects, just like any other verse tradition--and thus biblical poems should be read and interpreted like other poems. Using the same critical tools and kinds of guiding assumptions as traditional verse scholarship, this book also considers the historicity and cultural specificity that distinguishes the verse of the Bible. The literary and the historical, then, are in view throughout. Issues of orality, textuality, and literacy at the site of biblical poems are also probed extensively and there is a strong comparative orientation to much of the thinking in the volume.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199766908
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Uniquely considering the characteristics of biblical Hebrew poetry beyond its currently best known feature, parallelism,On Biblical Poetry demonstrates the many interesting and valuable interpretations that yield from analyses of major facets of biblical verse, as well as careful attention to prosody--rhythm, lineation, and the like--and close reading. Through a series of programmatic essays, F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp argues that biblical poetry is, in most respects, just like any other verse tradition--and thus biblical poems should be read and interpreted like other poems. Using the same critical tools and kinds of guiding assumptions as traditional verse scholarship, this book also considers the historicity and cultural specificity that distinguishes the verse of the Bible. The literary and the historical, then, are in view throughout. Issues of orality, textuality, and literacy at the site of biblical poems are also probed extensively and there is a strong comparative orientation to much of the thinking in the volume.
Biblical Poetry and the Art of Close Reading
Author: J. Blake Couey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107156203
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107156203
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
The Art of Biblical Poetry
Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0465028195
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from Alter's own critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Poetry is an indispensable tool for understanding the Bible and its poetry.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0465028195
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from Alter's own critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Poetry is an indispensable tool for understanding the Bible and its poetry.
Directions in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
Author: Elaine R. Follis
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567504972
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This collection of original papers reflects the intensity of current interest in the poetry of the OT, and amply demonstrates the diversity of rewarding approaches now available. Some of these studies are landmarks, and all are stimulating for further research.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567504972
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This collection of original papers reflects the intensity of current interest in the poetry of the OT, and amply demonstrates the diversity of rewarding approaches now available. Some of these studies are landmarks, and all are stimulating for further research.
An Invitation to Biblical Poetry
Author: Elaine T. James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190664924
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
An Invitation to Biblical Poetry is an introduction to the aesthetic dimensions of the ancient poetry of the Bible. It argues that, as art, biblical poems engage their readers in embodied encounters that accomplish intellectual work. It examines how this is achieved through the poems' various techniques of voicing and address, lines, formal patterns, figures such as metaphor, personification, and symbol, and the crucial but elusive dimensions of historical and readerly context. Its broad survey of biblical poetry and accessible style will benefit anyone interested in becoming a better reader of poetry.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190664924
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
An Invitation to Biblical Poetry is an introduction to the aesthetic dimensions of the ancient poetry of the Bible. It argues that, as art, biblical poems engage their readers in embodied encounters that accomplish intellectual work. It examines how this is achieved through the poems' various techniques of voicing and address, lines, formal patterns, figures such as metaphor, personification, and symbol, and the crucial but elusive dimensions of historical and readerly context. Its broad survey of biblical poetry and accessible style will benefit anyone interested in becoming a better reader of poetry.
Poetry with a Purpose
Author: Harold Fisch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Interpreting Hebrew Poetry
Author: David L. Petersen
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451412529
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451412529
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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.
Reading Biblical Poetry
Author:
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664224394
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative provides a holistic introduction to biblical poetry, offering literary examples of how the poets of the bible created their works. Original.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664224394
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative provides a holistic introduction to biblical poetry, offering literary examples of how the poets of the bible created their works. Original.
Biblical Poems Embedded in Biblical Narratives
Author: Sharon R. Chace
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725262290
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Biblical Poems Embedded in Biblical Narratives is an easy-to-use course book that synthesizes Sharon Chace’s interests in poetry, art, and biblical studies. Pastors and teachers will be able to craft their unique presentations for the first session—introducing both the subject and each other—based upon Sharon’s introduction. The following sessions include reflections and practices to evoke responses from participants. This course is ideal for teachers who want their students to both think critically and explore their own spirituality. Chace’s bridge-building theology, rooted in the humanities, is timely. Academic discourse, warm personal reflections, and a keen understanding of human nature combine in this instructional tool to create a broadly appropriate and engaging course.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725262290
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Biblical Poems Embedded in Biblical Narratives is an easy-to-use course book that synthesizes Sharon Chace’s interests in poetry, art, and biblical studies. Pastors and teachers will be able to craft their unique presentations for the first session—introducing both the subject and each other—based upon Sharon’s introduction. The following sessions include reflections and practices to evoke responses from participants. This course is ideal for teachers who want their students to both think critically and explore their own spirituality. Chace’s bridge-building theology, rooted in the humanities, is timely. Academic discourse, warm personal reflections, and a keen understanding of human nature combine in this instructional tool to create a broadly appropriate and engaging course.
The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible
Author: Susan E. Gillingham
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book concentrates on the poetry of the Hebrew Bible. After considering the essential elements of Hebrew verse, it looks at the most familiar poems - the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, and the poetry in Job and Proverbs - as well as at less familiar examples of poems which by contrast are embedded in narrative such as war poetry, harvest hymns, elegies, prayers of protest, and thanksgiving songs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book concentrates on the poetry of the Hebrew Bible. After considering the essential elements of Hebrew verse, it looks at the most familiar poems - the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, and the poetry in Job and Proverbs - as well as at less familiar examples of poems which by contrast are embedded in narrative such as war poetry, harvest hymns, elegies, prayers of protest, and thanksgiving songs.