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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.

Title Classical Hebrew poetry : a guide to its techniques / Wilfred G.E. Watson.
Publisher Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, Dept. of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
Creation Date 1984
Notes Includes texts in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Ugaritic, with English translations.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral).
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
English
Content Contents
Foreword
Abbreviations
Short Titles of Frequently Mentioned Works
Festschriften
1 INTRODUCTION
2 POETIC TEXTS IN OTHER SEMITIC LANGUAGES
3 ANALYSING HEBREW POETRY: NOTES ON METHOD
4 THE HEBREW POET IN ACTION
5 METRE
6 PARALLELISM
7 STANZA AND STROPHE
8 VERSE-PATTERNS
9 SOUND IN HEBREW POETRY
10 IMAGERY
11 POETIC DEVICES
12 SECONDARY TECHNIQUES
13 APPENDIX: WORKED EXAMPLES
CLOSING COMMENTS
INDEXES
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series
26
Extent 1 online resource (xviii, 460 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010715266705171
MARC RECORDS
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