The art of Biblical poetry

✍ Scribed by Alter, Robert

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: Rev. and updated
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The dynamics of parallelism --
From line to story --
Structures of intensification --
Truth and poetry in the book of Job --
Forms of faith in Psalms --
Prophecy and poetry --
The poetry of wit --
The garden of metaphor --
The life of the tradition.

✦ Subjects

Hebrew poetry, Biblical -- History and criticism. RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament. RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature. Hebrew poetry, Biblical.