Biblical poetry and the art of close reading
Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Biblical poetry and the art of close reading] (2020) (Peeler, Josiah D)
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| Summary: | Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Overview of Essays -- Common Themes -- Broader Questions -- The Enduring Value of Close Reading -- Part I The Psalms -- 1 Words That Devour: Discursive Praxes and Structural Strategies in Psalm 50 -- Discourses of Speech and Sacrifice -- Speech: Covenantal roles reenvisioned -- Sacrifice: Covenantal praxis reconfigured -- Structural Elements and Liturgical Pedagogy -- Series of divine names -- Alternation of singular and plural addressees -- Inclusios grammatical and conceptual -- Psalm 50 and Interpellation of the Faithful Subject -- 2 ''Silence Is Praise'': Art and Knowledge in Psalm 65 -- Silence is praise -- You answer us -- They even sing -- Conclusion: What can poetry do? -- 3 The Glory of Creation in Psalm 104 -- Part II Poetry in Wisdom Literature -- 4 Bildad Lectures Job: A Close Reading of Job 8 -- 5 Poetry as Pedagogy in Proverbs 5 -- 6 The Utility and Futility of Poetry in Qohelet -- The speech at Qohelet 3:1-8 -- The context of the speech at Qohelet 3:1-8 -- Conclusion -- Part III The Song of Songs -- 7 Structure, Sound, and Sense: A Close Reading of Chapter One of the Song of Songs -- 1:1-4 -- 1:5-6 -- 1:7-8 -- 1:9-14 -- 1:15-17 -- Conclusion -- 8 How Is a Love Poem (Song 4:1-7) Like the Beloved?: The Importance of Emotion in Reading Biblical Poetry -- Beginning with emotional integrity -- The materiality of poetic language -- Emotional susceptibility -- An ethical sketch of emotion -- Part IV Poetry in the Prophetic Books -- 9 Isaiah's Love Song: A Reading of Isaiah 5:1-7 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 10 Poetry, Language, and Statecraft in Isaiah 18 -- Isaiah 18:1-6 as poetry -- ''Go, swift messengers'' -- ''I will calmly watch'' -- Conclusion 11 The Servant in Poetic Juxtaposition in Isaiah 49:1-13 -- The songs and the servant -- Poetic persuasion and hearing the servant's voice -- The servant and Zion juxtaposed -- Unpacking the rhetorical impact of lyric juxtaposition -- 12 ''It Is a Lamentation - It Has Become a Lamentation!'': Subverting Genre in Ezekiel 19 -- Comparison of Ezekiel 19:3 and 5b-6 -- 13 The Enduring Day of Wrath: Zephaniah 1, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dies Irae -- Zephaniah 1:15-16 and the Dies Irae -- The Sibylline Oracles in Christian Tradition -- Zephaniah and the Sibyl -- Literary style of Zephaniah 1 -- 1:2-6 -- 1:7-13 -- 1:14-18 -- Zephaniah, the Sibylline Oracles, and Dies Irae -- Conclusion -- Part V Poetry in Biblical Narrative -- 14 YHWH's Poesie: The Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7), the Book of Exodus, and Beyond -- 1. The Poetics of the Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7) -- The lineation of lines a-b -- ʾēl raḥûm wǝḥannûn in context -- wǝnaqqēh lōʾ yǝnaqqeh in context -- Lines i-j in context -- Summary -- 2. YHWH's Poetry Elsewhere and in the Context of Exodus 32-34 -- 3. YHWH's Poetry and/as Scripture -- 15 The Decipherment of Sorrow: David's Lament in 2 Samuel 1:17-27 -- Afterword: On Deciphering the Emotions of Biblical Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts -- Index of Subjects |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (330 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-62440-4 |
