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Interpreting Hebrew Poetry

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Here is a convenient introduction to the unique aspects of interpreting the one-third of the Hebrew Bible that is in poetic form. Numerous are the occasions when a failure to distinguish poetry from prose in the Old Testament has resulted in flawed interpretation. Robert Lowth's Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (1753, 1787), marked a turning point of major proportions by focusing on the importance of parallelism of lines. But new studies of the past decade now require significant adjustments to Lowth's analyses. Interpreting Hebrew Poetry offers an authoritative introduction to this discussion of parallelism, meter and rhythm, and poetic style. It also provides by way of example a poetic analysis of Deuteronomy 32, Isaiah 5:1-7, and Psalm 1.
David L. Petersen is the Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Franklin N. Parker Professor of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He was the senior Old Testament editor for The New Interpreter's Bible and is currently the Old Testament editor for The Common English Bible. Petersen recently served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a member of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. Kent Harold Richards is Professor of Old Testament at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado. He is the editor of the series Biblical Scholarship in North America (1981-1992).
Editor's Foreword Abbreviations 1. Understanding Hebrew Poetry Definition Problems Theories of Poetry Poetry-Prose Continuum Three Approaches Relationship of Methods 2. Parallelism Robert Lowth Basic Nomenclature Synonymous, Antithetic, Synthetic Parallelism New Understandings Grammatic, Morphologic, Semantic Parallelism Summary 3. Meter and Rhythm Definitions Meter Rhythm 4. Poetic Style Simile Stanza and Strophe 5. Poetic Analysis Deuteronomy Isaiah 5:1-17 Psalm 1 Notes Selected Bibliography Author Index Scripture Index
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