Author : J. Blake Couey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1107156203
Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0465028195
Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from Alter's own critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Poetry is an indispensable tool for understanding the Bible and its poetry.
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664224394
A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative provides a holistic introduction to biblical poetry, offering literary examples of how the poets of the bible created their works. Original.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0465025552
From celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter, the "groundbreaking" (Los Angeles Times) book that explores the Bible as literature, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself.
Author : F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0199766908
On Biblical Poetry considers the characteristics of biblical Hebrew Poetry beyond its currently best-known feature, parallelism. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp demonstrates the many interesting and valuable interpretations that yield from a series of programmatic essays on major facets of biblical verse, careful attention to prosody, and close reading.
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0393340538
Presents a modern translation of the books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, providing an annotation and commentary for each verse.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 1990-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674875319
Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.
Author : Matthew Mullins
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,52 MB
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493421956
Many Christians view the Bible as an instruction manual. While the Bible does provide instruction, it can also captivate, comfort, delight, shock, and inspire. In short, it elicits emotion--just like poetry. By learning to read and love poetry, says literature professor Matthew Mullins, readers can increase their understanding of the biblical text and learn to love God's Word more. Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed to help readers put the book's principles and practices into action.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : New York : Basic Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 1985-11-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Analyzes the structure, functions, and metaphors of the poetry in Psalms, Job, Proverbs, and other books of the Old Testament.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,86 MB
Release : 1992-03-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
A pioneer in the burgeoning movement to understand the Bible as literature assesses the spate of new developments in this area. Robert Alter reflects on the paradoxes inherent in considering this great religious work as literature.
