The Basics of Hebrew Poetry: Theory and Practice - Hardcover

Goh, Samuel T S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1532601921 ISBN 13: 9781532601927

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Almost 75 percent of the Old Testament is made up of poetic passages, yet for many readers (lay Christians, even seminary students and pastors), biblical poetic passages remain the greatest challenge. Being unfamiliar with poetry in general and biblical poetry in particular, their reading and preaching are limited to selected poetic passages. This in turn limits their understanding of God's word. To help readers overcome these problems, the first four chapters of this book aim to get them familiarized with the literary techniques of biblical poets. To demonstrate how the techniques work to bring across the biblical theological message, the last three chapters offer poetic analyses of three passages of different kinds. In the process, we hope to draw attention to the beauty of the Hebrew poetic art and to the creative skill of biblical poets' versification. The ultimate aim, however, is to help readers discover the rich message of the Bible.

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About the Author

Samuel T. S. Goh is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Singapore Bible College, Singapore. His articles have been published in international as well as regional journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532601921
• ISBN 13: 9781532601927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226