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Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide » (1st Edition)
Authors: J. P. Fokkelman, Jp Fokkelman, J. P. Fokkelman
ISBN-13: 9780664224394, ISBN-10: 0664224393
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: J. P. Fokkelman
Book Synopsis
A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative, this volume provides an authoritative introduction and overview to biblical poetry. Fokkelman describes, in step-by-step fashion, how to understand the Bible's poetry. Full of examples, Reading Biblical Poetry makes available a holistic and integrative approach to understanding poetry found nowhere else.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Preliminary exercise: A strophe by Isaiah and a poem by David | 1 |
| 2 | The art of poetry: a definition and analysis: Components I and II: language and number | 15 |
| 3 | A text model and how to use it: Language and number (continued) | 37 |
| 4 | Parallelism: cola and verses | 61 |
| 5 | The strophe | 87 |
| 6 | The stanza | 117 |
| 7 | The poem as a whole | 141 |
| 8 | In search of the correct division: The power of repetition | 159 |
| 9 | Wisdom literature: The book of Job | 175 |
| 10 | Love poetry: The Songs of Songs | 189 |
| 11 | The reader's attitude: Productive questions and hints | 207 |
| 12 | Guidelines for further reading: 150 and more poems, and their divisions | 211 |
| Glossary | 225 | |
| Bibliographical notes | 229 | |
| Notes | 231 | |
| Index of biblical passages | 237 |
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