Biblical Poetry and the Art of Close Reading (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Couey, J. Blake

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Composed of essays by fifteen leading scholars of biblical poetry, it offers creative and insightful close readings of poems from across the canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Psalms, wisdom poetry, Song of Songs, prophecy, and poetry in biblical narrative). The essays build on recent advances in our understanding of biblical poetry and engage a variety of theoretical perspectives and current trends in the study of literature. They demonstrate the rewards of careful attention to textual detail, and they provide models of the practice of close reading for students, scholars, and general readers. They also highlight the rich aesthetic value of the biblical poetic corpus and offer reflection on the nature of poetry itself as a meaningful and enduring form of art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108698191
• Artikelnr.: 54273002

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Psalms: 1. Words that devour: discursive praxes and structural
strategies in Psalm 50 Carolyn J. Sharp; 2. 'Silence is praise': art and
knowledge in Psalm 65 Elaine T. James; 3. The glory of creation in Psalm
104 Robert Alter; Part II. Poetry in Wisdom Literature: 4. Bildad lectures
Job: a close reading of Job 8 Edward L. Greenstein; 5. Poetry as pedagogy
in Proverbs 5 Anne W. Stewart; 6. The unity and futility of poetry in
Qohelet Simeon Chavel; Part III. The Song of Songs: 7. Structure, sound,
and sense: a close reading of chapter one of the Song of Songs Tod
Linafelt; 8. How is a love poem (Song 4:1-7) like the beloved? The
importance of emotion in reading biblical poetry Sarah Zhang; Part IV.
Poetry in the Prophetic Books: 9. Isaiah's love song: a reading of Isaiah
5:1-7 F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp; 10. Poetry, language, and statecraft in Isaiah
18 J. Blake Couey; 11. The servant in poetic juxtaposition in Isaiah
49:1-13 Katie M. Heffelfinger; 12. 'It is a lamentation - it has become a
lamentation!': subverting genre in Ezekiel 19 Sean Burt; 13. The enduring
day of wrath: Zephaniah 1, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dies Irae Julia
M. O'Brien; Part V. Poetry in Biblical Narrative: 14. YHWH's poesie: the
Gnadenformel (Exodus 34:6b-7), the book of Exodus, and beyond Brent A.
Strawn; 15. The decipherment of sorrow: David's lament in 2 Samuel 1:17-27
Steven Weitzman.