Classical Hebrew Poetry
Classical Hebrew Poetry

Author: Wilfred G. E. Watson

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2004-12-30

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780567083883

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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.

Hebrew Verse Structure
Hebrew Verse Structure

Author: Michael Patrick O'Connor

Publisher: Eisenbrauns

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 9780931464027

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In this extensive and eclectic reconsideration of classical Hebrew poetics, O'Connor evaluates the assumptions that have guided scholars for more than two hundred years. The result is "a great leap forward in the analysis and interpretation of early Hebrew poetry." (David Noel Freedman)

Reading Biblical Poetry
Reading Biblical Poetry

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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780664224394

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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.

The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse

Author: T. Carmi

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-06-29

Total Pages: 964

ISBN-13: 0141966602

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This stunning anthology gathers together the riches of poetry in Hebrew from 'The Song of Deborah' to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives, as well as devotional verse for specific religious rituals. Themes such as the longing for the homeland run through the ages, especially in verse written after the rise of the Zionist movement, while poems of the last century marry Biblical references with the horrors of the Holocaust. Together these works create a moving portrait of a rich and varied culture through the last 3,000 years.

The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself
The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

Author: Stanley Burnshaw

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780814324851

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A collection of modern Hebrew poetry that presents the poems in the original Hebrew, with an English phonetic transcription.

Cantos and Strophes in Biblical Hebrew Poetry III
Cantos and Strophes in Biblical Hebrew Poetry III

Author: P. van der Lugt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-10-10

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 9004262792

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This volume deals with the rhetoric, the formal and thematic framework, of Psalms 90-150 (the Fourth and Fifth Book of the Psalter). It is the conclusion of the Psalms Project started with Psalms 1-41, OTS 53 (2006) , and continued with Psalms 42-89, OTS 57 (2010). Formal and thematic devices demonstrate that the psalms are composed of a consistent pattern of cantos (stanzas) and strophes. The formal devices especially include quantitative balance on the level of the cantos in terms of verselines, verbal repetitions, and (on the level of the strophes) transition markers. The quantitative approach to a psalm in terms of verselines, cola and/or words in most cases clearly discloses a focal message. This massive study is rounded off by an updated introduction to the canto design of biblical poetry (including the book of Job, Lamentations, the Songs of Songs, Deutero-Isaiah and other major poems of the Hebrew Bible).

On Biblical Poetry
On Biblical Poetry

Author: F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 0199766908

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On Biblical Poetry considers the characteristics of biblical Hebrew Poetry beyond its currently best-known feature, parallelism. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp demonstrates the many interesting and valuable interpretations that yield from a series of programmatic essays on major facets of biblical verse, careful attention to prosody, and close reading.

Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry
Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry

Author: Frank Moore Cross

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780802841599

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This classic study of ancient Yahwistic poetry untangles some of the serious textual difficulties and linguistic obscurities that for many years have been a challenge to students of the Hebrew Bible.

Spanish Hebrew Poetry and the Arabic Literary Tradition
Spanish Hebrew Poetry and the Arabic Literary Tradition

Author: Arie Schippers

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9789004098695

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This work deals extensively with the Arabic themes and literary devices used by Hebrew Andalusian poets in 11th century Muslim (and Christian) Spain. Special interest is devoted to the four main poets of the Hebrew Golden Age in Spain, namely Samuel Ha-Nagid, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra and Yehuda Ha-Lewi.