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Biblical poetry and the art of close reading / edited by J. Blake Couey, Elaine T. James.

Contributor(s): Couey, J. Blake [editor.] | James, Elaine T, 1980- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 313 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107156203; 1107156203Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Hebrew poetry, Biblical -- History and criticismDDC classification: 221.6/6 LOC classification: BS1405.52 | .B53 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and indexes.
Contents:
Words that devour : discursive praxes and structural strategies in Psalm 50 / Carolyn J. Sharp -- "Silence is praise" : art and knowledge in Psalm 65 / Elaine T. James -- The glory of creation in Psalm 104 / Robert Alter -- Bildad lectures Job : a close reading of Job 8 / Edward L. Greenstein -- Poetry as pedagogy in Proverbs 5 / Anne W. Stewart -- The unity and futility of poetry in Qohelet / Simeon Chavel -- Structure, sound, and sense : a close reading of chapter one of the Song of Songs / Tod Linafelt -- How is a love poem (Song 4:1-7) like the beloved? The importance of emotion in reading biblical poetry / Sarah Zhang -- Isaiah's love song : a reading of Isaiah 5:1-7 / F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Poetry, language, and statecraft in Isaiah 18 / J. Blake Couey -- The servant in poetic juxtaposition in Isaiah 49:1-13 / Katie M. Heffelfinger -- "It is a lamentation--it has become a lamentation!" : subverting genre in Ezekiel 19 / Sean Burt -- The enduring day of wrath : Zephaniah 1, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dies Irae / Julia M. O'Brien -- YHWH's poesie : the Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7), the book of Exodus, and beyond / Brent A. Strawn -- The decipherment of sorrow : David's lament in 2 Samuel 1:17-27 / Steven Weitzman.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS1405.52 .B53 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903530182

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and indexes.

Words that devour : discursive praxes and structural strategies in Psalm 50 / Carolyn J. Sharp -- "Silence is praise" : art and knowledge in Psalm 65 / Elaine T. James -- The glory of creation in Psalm 104 / Robert Alter -- Bildad lectures Job : a close reading of Job 8 / Edward L. Greenstein -- Poetry as pedagogy in Proverbs 5 / Anne W. Stewart -- The unity and futility of poetry in Qohelet / Simeon Chavel -- Structure, sound, and sense : a close reading of chapter one of the Song of Songs / Tod Linafelt -- How is a love poem (Song 4:1-7) like the beloved? The importance of emotion in reading biblical poetry / Sarah Zhang -- Isaiah's love song : a reading of Isaiah 5:1-7 / F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Poetry, language, and statecraft in Isaiah 18 / J. Blake Couey -- The servant in poetic juxtaposition in Isaiah 49:1-13 / Katie M. Heffelfinger -- "It is a lamentation--it has become a lamentation!" : subverting genre in Ezekiel 19 / Sean Burt -- The enduring day of wrath : Zephaniah 1, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dies Irae / Julia M. O'Brien -- YHWH's poesie : the Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7), the book of Exodus, and beyond / Brent A. Strawn -- The decipherment of sorrow : David's lament in 2 Samuel 1:17-27 / Steven Weitzman.

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