Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques

Watson, Wilfred G.

ISBN 10: 0567083888 / ISBN 13: 9780567083883

Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL 2004-12, 2004

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-IUK-9780567083883

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques
• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL 2004-12
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0567083888
• ISBN-13: 9780567083883
• Einband: PF
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Wilfred Watson teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.