The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism

Berlin, Adele

ISBN 10: 0253318505 / ISBN 13: 9780253318503

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1985

About this Item

8vo. xii, 179 pages, indexed. Hardback bound in tan cloth; lacks dust jacket. There is light wear to the binding. Prior owner's signature and heavy ink notations on the endpapers. The text has some ink underlining and marginal notations. A reading or reference copy only.

Seller Inventory # 056571

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253318505
• ISBN 13: 9780253318503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology
  • Old Testament Studies
  • History of Christianity

About this title

Synopsis

For years scholars of biblical poetry have defined parallelism as the simple correspondence of one verse, phrase, or word with another. In this book, Adele Berlin approaches biblical parallelism as a linguistic phenomenon, as a complex interplay among all aspects of language. Her goal is to get at the basics of what biblical parallelism is and how it works. Berlin's examination of the grammatical, lexical, semantic, phonetic, structural, and psychological aspects of parallelism yields an elegantly simple model that reveals the complex workings of this phenomenon. Her book will be a valuable guide for both scholars and students of biblical poetry.

About the Author

Adele Berlin is Robert H. Smith Professor of BiblicalStudies at the University of Maryland. The author of threebiblical commentaries and Biblical Poetry throughMedieval Jewish Eyes, she is also coeditor of TheJewish Study Bible (Oxford), which received a NationalJewish Book Award in 2004.