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| | "The Hermeneutics of Biblical Lyric Poetry" by Daniel J. Estes |
 | | When biblical interpretation is dominated by historical and theological concerns, the world in the Bible tends to be passed by too quickly in order to relate it to one of the other two worlds. | | | Because poetry is "the most concentrated and complex use of language there is, and it is used as a means of communication by men and women who live more richly and intensely than we do," | | | The interpreter of lyric poetry must meditate on the language, letting the words work on his mind and feelings, until the message of the author becomes apparent. |
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http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_lyric_estes.html
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| | Biblical poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The question whether the literature of the ancient Hebrews includes portions that may be called poetry is answered by the ancient Hebrews themselves. | | | Setting aside the many modern exegetes of the Old Testament who have gone so far as to discuss the meters and verse of the several prophets, it may be noted here merely that Sievers says (l.c. | | | Not even the parallelismus membrorum is an absolutely certain indication of ancient Hebrew poetry. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_poetry
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| | 237-Biblical Poetry in Translation Syllabus |
| | C: Miller, Enthroned on the Praises of Israel: Interpreting Biblical Hymns, 64-78 | | | Finally, this course will briefly survey the influence of the poetry of the Hebrew Bible on later religious literature. | | | This course will survey the poetry of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in translation. |
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http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/hebrew/237syS2004.html
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| | Hebrew Poetry |
| | It is commonly said that the poetry of the ancient Hebrews is wholly religious. | | | Matthew Arnold rendered invaluable service to the cause of Biblical science when he fulminated against theologians, Jewish and Christian, for making the Bible a mere collection of proof texts, an arsenal whence religious warriors might get weapons with which to belabor their opponents. | | | It is important, before coming to any definite conclusion, to take into consideration the fact that the poetry of the Old Testament belongs to periods separated by many centuries, from the Song of Deborah (Judges 5), the earliest Hebrew poem, down to the last hymns in the Psalter. |
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http://www.bible-researcher.com/hebrew-poetry.html
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| | Poetry of the Bible p.2 |
| | Psalm 104 is remarkably similar to the Egyptian "Hymn to Aton" in its use of poetic parallelism and in the thoughts of some verses. | | | But most poetry recorded in the Bible comes from the time of King David (1012-972 B.C.) and afterward. | | | To understand the language of the Psalms, one must study the old Hebrew language and the expressions of the ancient Ugaritic poetry. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/we_dig_montana/Poetryp2.html
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| | Thus, "pure prose" and "pure poetry" should be seen as opposites on a continuum, within which a large variety of possibilities evince themselves in the Bible as in other literary traditions. | | | Since the eighteenth century, it has been customary to see three main types of parallelism in the Bible: synonymous, antithetical, and synthetic. | | | For example, Ps 6.2 reads: Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. |
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http://www.anova.org/sev/es/Intro_Poetical.txt
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| | Biblical Poetry |
| | This group exercise is meant to give you skills you can use to read and interpret poetry, in this case, Jacob's prayer for his children at the end of Genesis. | | | Poetry is, for many people, an exercise in futility: why don't poets, students sometimes demand, just say what they mean? | | | In many ways the Hebrew Bible is the perfect textbook for any class that deals with the techniques of literary interpretation. |
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http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~williams/biblit/html/jacob.htm
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| | FROM LINE TO STORY IN BIBLICAL VERSE |
| | Like many biblical poems, and in consonance with the regular practice of the prose-writers, David's victory hymn uses certain reiterated Leitwörter as focal points for its thematic argument. | | | The passage begins with a formal introduction that blesses Jael, to be matched at the very end of the poem by the line that symmetrically distributes a curse to God's enemies, blessing to His friends. | | | I would assume that thunder precedes the voice of the Lord because that is the way it was experientially for the ancient Near Eastern imagination: first the awestruck observer heard the peal of thunder, then he realized that God must be speaking. |
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http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/publications/poetics/alter/alter.html
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| | Eric Reymond, PHD proposal, A Structural Analysis of Ben Sira 40:11- 44:15 |
| | Therefore, it is important to remember that this cocktail of methods to measure lines does not attempt to predict line length, nor to act as the single means for determining the stichometry of a verse but will be used along with parallelism, particularly semantic and grammatical, for such determination. | | | It was not until the unearthing of fragments of a Ben Sira manuscript at Masada that a scholarly consensus has formed around the idea that the Hebrew versions, both from the Geniza and from Masada, point to a Hebrew Vorlage. | | | Robert Lowth, Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, trans. |
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http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/DISPROP/Reymond_diss.html
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| | Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 98010000 |
| | Biblical "poetry" is not a concept native to the Bible itself, he proposes, and the idea that the Bible is divided into prose and verse is merely an approximation of the reality of biblical style. | | | Arguing that the Bible presents a continuum of speech heightened in varying degrees by different means, Kugel sets out to describe Hebrew's high style on its own terms. | | | Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Hebrew poetry, Biblical History and criticism, Hebrew language Parallelism, Bible, O, T, Psalms Criticism, interpretation, etc, History |
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/98010000.html
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| | Biblical Studies Scholars |
| | German biblical scholar; one of the founders of historical criticism of the Bible. | | | German biblical scholar; compared biblical texts to other writings of the Ancient Near East and was an early practitioner of what has come to be known as biblical criticism. | | | German theologian and biblical critic, controversial in his time for writing the two-volume Life of Jesus (1835-36) which rejected as mythological the supernatural parts of the Gospels. |
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http://www.read-the-bible.org/Scholars.html
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| | Recommended on Old Testament Poetry |
| | Aloysius Fitzgerald, "Hebrew Poetry" in The New Jerome Study Bible, Prentice Hall, 1990: 201-208. | | | Terence Collins, Line-Forms in Hebrew Poetry: A Grammatical Approach to the Stylistic Study of the Hebrew Prophets, Biblical Institute | | | Ernst R. Wendland (ed.), Discourse Perspectives on Hebrew Poetry in the Scriptures (UBS Monograph, 7), United Bible Societies, 1994. |
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http://www.two-age.org/recommended_works/Books/Biblical_Poetry.htm
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| | Part 3. Bibliography |
| | Relates biblical wisdom to the world, health, politics, the household, and the divine realm. | | | Childs, B. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible. | | | Deals with the diversity of theological voices within the Old Testament in light of the need to have the Bible speak with a single authoritative voice. |
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http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/PART3/PT3_BG.HTM
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| | General Studies of the Bible as Literature |
| | The Sense of Biblical Narrative: Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible. | | | The Growth of the Biblical Tradition: The form critical method. | | | "Old Testament Poetry: The Translatable Structure." PMLA 92 (1971): 978-1004. |
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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/plummerj/general_bib_studies.html
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| | Syllabus - RSS 100: Biblical Poetry and Ancient Mythology |
| | (1) Biblical/textual: By exploring the sacred poetry of ancient Israel, we are brought into contact with the enduring theological questions of biblical worship and belief. | | | Since this course explores the interior dimensions of human suffering, the spiritual implications of hope, social injustice, belief in God, and poetry as a vehicle for human reflection, you are asked to keep a running journal for the course. | | | Likewise, only the other course texts are acceptable as your primary sources for other biblical texts and ancient myths. |
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http://www-relg-studies.scu.edu/facstaff/pleins/rs100f97.htm
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| | Oxford University Press |
| | By considering the essential elements of Hebrew verse, this book introduces the reader to the full range of the poetry of the Old Testament, both outside the Psalter and within it. | | | `This is a useful addition to the Oxford Bible Series of serious introductory text books on various aspects of biblical study...will serve as a very useful introduction to the poetry of the Bible and especially the Psalms. | | | These include war poetry, vintage songs, funeral elegies, blessings, prayers, and hymns. |
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http://www.oup.com/ca/isbn/0-19-213243-1
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| | You are expected to have a Hebrew Bible in class, and to study and work from the Hebrew text. | | | Since many features of Hebrew poetry disappear in translation, we will focus on the Hebrew text. | | | We will work from the Hebrew Bible (BHS) in class, translating, parsing, or explaining the text at sight. |
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http://www.biblical.edu/images/equip/PDFs/OT552F-Putnam.doc
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| | When the Spirit Was Poetic |
| | Not that biblical poetry is unintelligible, but the theory of ancient Hebrew poetry is still too little known. | | | It is understandable that interpreters (especially Christian interpreters) might be reluctant to reconsider this “remarkable” and singular anticipation of New Testament themes in the Old Testament. | | | Early in this century Gray announced that his discussion of stanzas in Hebrew poetry could be brief “because what can be safely said here does not require many words to state it, and what has been both unsafely and erroneously asserted has already received, perhaps, sufficient refutation from other writers.” |
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http://www.ibs.org/niv/mct/6.php
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| | Biblical Poetry in Translation Syllabus-Spring 2005 |
| | If you choose not to purchase this version of the Bible or you do not wish to bring it to class, it is extremely important that you photocopy the biblical passages under discussion and bring the copies to class with you. | | | Please note: This version of the Bible will be used for all of our class discussions of the poems in the Bible. | | | Poetry was used for songs of victory and lament, liturgy, prophetic discourse, proverbial sayings, philosophical discussions, and depictions of erotic love. |
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http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/hebrew/237sylSPR2005.html
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| | Abstract Biblical Poetry |
| | Written to convince Clergy to take the time during services to let us speak the names of all who are ill. I have used this as part of my get well message to friends who are in need of healing. | | | The challenge was to express my belief as a religious person without giving up rationalism, in as few words as possible. | | | I had been wondering how I might express my feelings after observing the women of the Synagogue studying outdoors when I went to a poetry reading by Roger Kamenitz and he said there was not enough poetry in synagogues or churches. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/patricklyle/iblog
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| | Poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Greek's practice of singing hymns in large choruses gave rise in the sixth century BC to dramatic verse, and to the practice of writing poetic plays for performance in their theatres. | | | As a result many of the poems surviving from the ancient world are a form of recorded cultural information about the people of the past, and their poems are prayers or stories about religious subject matter, histories about their politics and wars, and the important organizing myths of their societies. | | | Many of the scriptures currently held to be sacred by contemporary religious traditions with their roots in antiquity were composed as poetry rather than prose to aid memorization and help guarantee the accuracy of oral transmission in pre-literate societies. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
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| | Theology Today - Vol 39, No. 2 - July 1982 - BOOK REVIEW - The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History |
| | The systematic investigation of biblical poetry has seen a revival in recent years, as evidenced by the publication of several important works, all of which move beyond analysis of individual poetic texts to try to define or describe the phenomenon of Hebrew poetry, or some fundamental aspect of it. | | | With Lowth and all those who have followed his directions, the author sees parallelism as basic to biblical poetry. | | | In the Middle Ages and later, however, Jewish exegesis as exemplified by Azariah dei Rossi and Christian exegesis began to move toward a more reasonable view of parallelism than what bad preceded or what would follow in Lowth and his immediate predecessors and followers. |
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http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1982/v39-3-bookreview5.htm
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| | Amazon.com: The Art of Biblical Poetry: Books: Robert Alter |
| | The Bible comes alive under his translations and his insights into the text make this old book new and exciting. | | | "This book written in simple language will help...to derive the depth of meaning from the poetry in the Bible." | | | This is a wonderful work for all those who love the Bible and all those who love Poetry. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465004318?v=glance
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| | Frances-Henry Library: Exhibits & Library Guides |
| | In ancient times, the piyyutim were intended to replace most of the set versions of prayer and to serve as substitutes. | | | Biblical verse has found musical expression in many areas of Jewish life and culture, from Sabbath liturgies to Jewish campfire sing-a-longs and Israeli folk-dancing. | | | Whether in synagogue or at home, serving as the voice of the community or singing a lullaby to a baby - biblical verses and secular poems are music to our ears - a cornerstone and reflection of Jewish cultural heritage. |
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http://www.huc.edu/libraries/exhibits/poems_songs/poemsongs.htm
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| | Denver Journal - 5:0108 - Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide |
| | The book fills a gap between surveys of the Psalms and other introductions to the poetry of the Bible, on the one hand, and commentaries on the relevant books, on the other hand. | | | This book compresses Fokkelman's many publications of analyses of biblical poems into a handy volume suitable for introducing the student who is serious about reading the poetry of the Bible. | | | Although the definition of poetry as both art and communication is important, it is reserved for the second chapter. |
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http://www.denverseminary.edu/dj/articles2002/0100/0108.php
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| | SIL Bibliography: Poetry |
| | Daly, Margaret H. Review of: Songs of Nepal: An anthology of Nevar folksongs and hymns, by Siegfried Lienhard. | | | "Bioforms and biophilia in Thai poetry and the extinction of experience." | | | Boerger, Brenda H. "Extending translation principles for poetry and biblical acrostics." |
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_subject.asp?code=POE
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| | THE PIVOT PATTERN IN BIBLICAL HEBREW |
| | [10] M. Dahood, "Poetry, Hebrew," in Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplement. | | | In the indexes which follow, all examples of the Pivot Pattern so far recovered are presented, cross indexed according to the research article or articles in which they were presented, the biblical reference in which they occur and alphabetized in Hebrew. | | | Further examples were easily found by the members of the Hebrew Poetry Seminar held in Chicago in 1996 of which the first draft of this paper was a part. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/mhlewis/rel/pivot.html
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| | [F.B.] M. Greenberg, Biblical Prose Prayer, Berkeley, 1983. | | | [F.B.] H.D. Hummel, “The Enclitic Mem in Semitic Languages”, Journal of Biblical Literature 76 (1957):85-107. | | | [F.B.] A. Cooper, “Ps 24:7-10: Mythology and Exegesis”, Journal of Biblical Literature 102 (1983):38-60. |
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http://overseas.huji.ac.il/Grad_syllabi/Savran.doc
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| | Biblical Poetry In Our Translated Bibles |
| | Scriptural Studies - Catholic - Biblical Poetry In Our Translated Bibles - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/scriptural_studies/53932 | | | "Characteristics of Hebrew Poetry" in Metzger-May (eds.), The New Oxford Annotated Bible, pp. | | | This typographical presentation of biblical poetry made possible in our modern translations warns the reader that here, truth will be presented in quite a different way. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/scriptural_studies/53932
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| | Theology Today - Vol 43, No.4 - January 1987 - BOOK NOTES - The Art of Biblical Poetry |
| | Along with James Kugel's The Idea of Biblical Poetry, Alter's book will be of great help to those who not only want to understand the nature of biblical poetry, but also want to be sensitive to the interpretive possibilities that reside in that poetry. | | | The author's earlier work, The Art of Biblical Narrative, has had a large impact on biblical studies and established itself as a basic work in the literary study of the Bible. | | | Alter's focus is on the phenomenon of parallelism and the types of movement from one part or colon of the line to the next. |
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http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/jan1987/v43-4-booknotes3.htm
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| | The Art of Biblical Poetry |
| | Subjects : Bible - O.T. Subjects : Hebrew poetry, Biblical - History and criticism | | | Continuing his exploration of the art of the Bible, Robert Alter provides a fresh interpretation of the poetry of the Old Testament and a lucid, original account of how biblical poetry works. | | | Add this book to your wish list |
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http://www.allbookstores.com/book/0465004318
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| | Fokkelman |
| | He studied Semitic languages at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, and taught Hebrew and Aramaic there 1963-2001. | | | He is the author of several books on the narrative and poetry of the Old Testament (see Bibliography below). | | | Narrative Art in Genesis: Specimens of Stylistic and Structural Analysis (1975; repr. |
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http://www.pbcc.org/dc/fokkelman.html
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| | Innovations in Hebrew Poetry |
| | More titles in Biblical Studies & Religious Studies | | | Innovations in Hebrew Poetry provides detailed readings and philological analysis for the nine poems in the Masada scroll, and general observations on many other Sirach and biblical poems complement the analysis. | | | Text and Translation of the Prelude to the Praise of the Ancestors (44:1–15) |
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http://www.brill.nl/product.asp?ID=22005
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| | In the Light of Angels - Heavenly Poetry |
| | In the Light of Angels - Heavenly Poetry | | | Please click HERE to view new poem list. | | | Here you will find a collection of "heavenly" poetry. |
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http://www.angelslight.org/poetry.html
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