Reading Biblical Poetry An Introductory Guide
- Philadelphia Westminister John Knox Press 2001
- 243p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Preliminary exercise A strophe by Isaish and a poem by Davis ....1 2 The art of poetry: a definition and analysis components 1and II: Language and number ....15 3 A text model and how to use it Language and number .....37 4 Parallelism: Cola and verses ....61 5 The strophe ....87 6 The stanza ....117 7 The poem as a whole ....141 8 In search of the corrct division The power of repettion ....159 9 Wisdom literature The book of Job ....175 10 Love poetry The songs of songs ....189 11 The reader`s attitude Productive questions and hints 12 Guidelines for further reading 150 and more poems and their divisions ....211