Cantos and Strophes in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

With Special Reference to the First Book of the Psalter
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14839-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 582 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1252 g

Reihe: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies

This volume deals with the poetic framework and material content of the book of Psalms. The rhetorical analyses of Psalms 1-41 are preceded by a broad survey of the history of strophic investigation into Hebrew poetry, starting from the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Formal and thematic devices demonstrate that the psalms are composed of a consistent pattern of cantos (stanzas) and strophes. The formal devices include quantitative balance on the level of cantos in terms of the number of verselines, verbal repetitions and transition markers. A quantitative structural approach also helps to identify the focal message of the poems.
An introduction to the design of biblical poetry, describing the fundamentals that determine the macrostructure of individual compositions, concludes this massive study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lugt, P van der

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Pieter van der Lugt, D.D. (1980) in Theology, University of Kampen, the Netherlands. His publications deal with the formal aspects of Hebrew poetry and include Rhetorical Criticism and the Poetry of the Book of Job (Brill, 1995).