James L. Kugel

Broschiertes Buch

The Idea of Biblical Poetry

Parallelism and Its History

Beschreibung

James Kugel reviews the history of the process whereby literary scholars differentiated parts of the Old Testament as prose or poetry and finds it mistaken from the start. First published in 1981, THE IDEA OF BIBLICAL POETRY immediately provoked controversy among scholars. Reinforced by habit and numbers, many continue to repeat the notions that Kugel attacks. And, as long as they do, his book will remain an indispensable counter.

Autor

James Kugel is the Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of Poetry and Prophecy, Early Biblical Interpretation and On Being a Jew, the last available from Johns Hopkins. His The Bible as It Was, an introduction to the Torah's ancient interpreters, was published in 1997.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780801859441
• ISBN-10: 0801859441
• Artikelnr.: 22194012