Art Of Biblical Poetry.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - altersgem�sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - From the Psalms to the Wisdom poetry of Job and the Proverbs, from prophetic verse to the love poetry of the Song of Songs, the Bible is an astonishing expression of the ancient impulse to render through poetry our profound religious visions. -- In this brilliant, original, and highly readable analysis, the author of the widely acclaimed The Art of Biblical Narrative provides a fresh interpretation of the poetry of the Old Testament and a lucid account of how biblical poetry works. Robert Alter brings to light the underlying poetic principles and then demonstrates how the ancient Hebrews constructed their distinctive poetic line and extended it to larger poetic units. Analyzing each of the Bible�s main poetic genres, Professor Alter enables the general reader and specialist alike to see these ancient poems with a new freshness, and to understand better the manifold connections between poetic vehicle and religious vision. -- Since the discovery in the eighteenth century of poetic parallelism as a governing device of biblical verse, not much progress has been made in understanding the principles by which biblical poetry operates. With this important sequel to his landmark book on biblical narrative, this noted literary critic and scholar shows how the poetry of the Bible may be read with more awareness and in closer consonance with the originally intended meanings. ISBN 9780465004300