That’s No Literature, That’s My Bible: On James Kugel’s Objections to the Idea of Biblical Poetry

In The Idea of Biblical Poetry, James Kugel dismantles attempts to find a meter in biblical parallelism. In the process, he implicitly locates the distinction between sacred and secular texts in the formal aspects of the language. This paper challenges Kugel’s main assumptions. First, the premise th...

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Main Author: Raphael, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2002
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2002, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-45
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