Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques

Abstract

Foreword 1. Introduction scope and aims stylistics and Hebrew poetry 2. Poetic Texts in other Semitic Languages introduction Ugaritic poetry Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) poetic material 3. Analyzing Hebrew Poetry: Notes on Method terminology method function in poetry archaisms dating textual criticism prose or poetry? close: notes on theory 4. The Hebrew Poet in Action oral poetry oral poetry: theory techniques and characteristics of oral poetry ancient Hebrew oral poetry techniques and characteristics of oral poetry in Hebrew epic poetry in Hebrew? 5. Metre what is metre? metre in ancient Semitic languages the stress (accentual) theory of Hebrew metre other theories: survey and critique anacrusis functions of metre 6. Parallelism introductory gender-matched parallelism parallel word-pairs number parallelism staircase parallelism other types of parallelism 7. Stanza and Strophe the stanza strophic patterns: introduction the monocolon the abc/b'c' couplet the tricolon strophic patterns: the quatrain strophic patterns: the pentacolon higher strophic units acrostics and related patterns 8. Verse-Patterns introduction chiasmus and chiastic patterns the terrace pattern (anadiplosis and sorites) the pivot pattern 9. Sound in Hebrew Poetry general assonance alliteration rhyme Closing Comments Indices Supplementary Bibliography Further Additions and Corrections