Poetry in the Hebrew Bible: Selected Studies from Vetus Testamentum (Brill's Readers in Biblical Studies)

POETRY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE: Selected Studies from Vetus Testamentum......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Places of Original Publications......Page 10
Hans Kosmala: Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry......Page 12
Hans Kosmala: Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (continued)......Page 35
Isaiah lvi 10-12......Page 37
Isaiah xl 112-18......Page 38
1) xiii 1-4......Page 40
Isaiah xlix 1-2......Page 43
Isaiah xlix 3-6......Page 44
Isaiah l 4-9 and lii 13 - liii........Page 48
Isaiah li 4-8......Page 49
Isaiah v 1-5......Page 50
Isaiah xiv 3-23......Page 51
Some Ugaritic Examples......Page 55
Three Psalms......Page 59
Additional Note (Is. xl 12a)......Page 63
William L. Holladay: Form and Word-play in David\'s Lament over Saul and Jonathan......Page 64
I......Page 68
vv. 18-19......Page 73
v. 20......Page 79
v. 21a......Page 81
v. 21b......Page 85
v. 22......Page 87
v. 23......Page 89
v. 24......Page 91
v. 25......Page 92
v. 26......Page 94
v. 27......Page 96
APPENDIX: REFERENCE TEXT IN TRANSLITERATION......Page 100
Perry B. Yoder: Α-B Pairs and Oral Composition in Hebrew Poetry......Page 101
Psalm liv......Page 104
Nahum i......Page 105
Psalm clv......Page 107
P.C. Craigie: Psalm XXIX in the Hebrew Poetic Tradition......Page 121
David Jobling: Jeremiah\'s Poem in III 1-IV 2......Page 130
1. The literary structure......Page 141
2. Advantages for biblical study......Page 147
Patrick D. Miller: Poetic Ambiguity and Balance in Psalm xv......Page 150
I. Refrains......Page 159
II. Themes......Page 160
III. Repetitions of Words and Phrases......Page 162
John T. Willis: The Juxtaposition of Synonymous and Chiastic Parallelism in Tricola in Old Testament Hebrew Psalm Poetry......Page 167
Tricola in which all three cola follow the same order......Page 169
Tricola in which cola a and b are arranged synonymously and b and c chiastically......Page 175
Tricola in which cola a and b are arranged chiastically and b and c synonymously......Page 177
Conclusions......Page 180
Introduction......Page 183
Pausal Forms in Biblical Poetry......Page 185
Extra-Biblical Parallels......Page 190
The History of Poetical Structure......Page 193
Conclusions......Page 194
Addendum......Page 195
Al Wolters: Proverbs xxxi 10-31 as Heroic Hymn: a Form-critical Analysis......Page 197
2. List of passages......Page 209
3.1 Phonological aspects......Page 219
3.2 Structural features......Page 221
3.3 Semantic features......Page 223
3.5 Structural patterning......Page 224
3.7 Compression......Page 225
4. Occurrence and Distribution......Page 226
5. IP and the formula......Page 227
6. Stichometry......Page 230
7. Closing comments......Page 231
Hebrew......Page 232
Akkadian......Page 233
(2) The Methodology of appoach......Page 234
(3) New or neglected topics......Page 236
(4) Further comments on topics already considered......Page 239
(5) The distinctive character of Hebrew verse......Page 244
Index of Modern Authors......Page 246
Index of Biblical References......Page 250