Innovations in Hebrew Poetry: Parallelism and the Poems of Sirach (Studies in Biblical Literature (Society of Biblical Literature), 9.) - Hardcover

Reymond, Eric D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004130667 ISBN 13: 9789004130661

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Although scholars point to similarities between Sirach and the book of Proverbs and sometimes characterize Ben Sira's relationship to biblical poetry as one of imitation (often unsuccessful imitation), this study considers the innovative and unique aspects of Sirach poetry, especially its use of parallelism, and demonstrates that Ben Sira does not rely exclusively on Proverbs or any other biblical book as a model. "Innovations in Hebrew Poetry" provides detailed readings and philological analysis for the nine poems in the Masada scroll, and general observations on many other Sirach and biblical poems complement the analysis. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9004130667
• ISBN 13: 9789004130661
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 170