Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Wilfred G. E. Watson

ISBN 10: 1850754594 / ISBN 13: 9781850754596

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850754594
• ISBN 13: 9781850754596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion & Theology

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Synopsis

Before, during and after the preparation of Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to its Techniques, Wilfred Watson published several articles on Hebrew poetry in a wide range of periodicals. The present volume collects together the most significant of these writings, including a chapter from a book on chiasmus, as well as a few unpublished items. After an opening survey of current work on Hebrew verse the articles cover the following topics: parallelism (including half-line parallelism, previously almost unnoticed), antithesis, word pairs, chiasmus, figurative language and introductions to speech in verse. The last section deals with structural devices and a folktale motif in narrative verse, hyperbole, apostrophe and alliteration. Previously unpublished items are on the contribution of ethnopoetics, from the study of Native American literature to Hebrew narrative verse (a new topic in biblical studies), parallelism in the Song of Songs and a metaphor in Jeremiah. This anthology is intended as a companion volume to Classical Hebrew Poetry. It includes additions and corrections to that book and there are also several indices.

About the Authors

Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.