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Formula criticism and the poetry of the Old Testament

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In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt.

Title Formula criticism and the poetry of the Old Testament / William R. Watters.
Edition Reprint 2012.
Publisher Berlin
New York : Walter de Gruyter
Creation Date 1976
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Issued also in print.
Bibliography: [219]-227.
English
Content Front matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Formula Criticism: An Historical Survey -- Chapter II. The Nature and Occurrence of Word Pairs -- Chapter III. Word Pairs in the Transmission and Composition of the Poetry -- Chapter IV. Word Pairs and the Creativity of the Hebrew Poet -- Chapter V. Word Pairs as a Significant Index to the Poetic Line -- Chapter VI. The Usefulness of Word Pairs in Evaluating Poetry -- Chapter VII. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Study -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Backmatter
Series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
138
Extent 1 online resource (243 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010720883405171
MARC RECORDS
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