TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fokkelman,J.P.
TI  - Major poems of the Hebrew Bible: at the interface of hermeneutics and structural analysis 
T2  - Studia Semitica Neerlandica
SN  - 9789004358676
AV  - BS1405.2 .F65 1998
U1  - 221.6/6 21
PY  - 1998///-<
CY  - Assen, The Netherlands
PB  - Van Gorcum
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Language, style
KW  - Structuralist criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - Hebrew poetry, Biblical
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Preliminary Material; J.P. Fokkelman --; Introduction; J.P. Fokkelman --; A full description of Exodus 15; J.P. Fokkelman --; A comprehensive description of Deut. 32 as a work of art; J.P. Fokkelman --; The Song of Moses in Deut.32 as a whole; J.P. Fokkelman --; The poem of Job 3: its structure and numerical perfection; J.P. Fokkelman --; Appendices; J.P. Fokkelman --; Abbreviations; J.P. Fokkelman --; Selected Bibliography; J.P. Fokkelman --; Subject Index; J.P. Fokkelman; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This book presents a comprehensive discussion of three famous poems which are studied as works of art. A full description of their prosodic regularity, as well as the variations on it, is given, and goes hand in hand with a detailed structural analysis of the lower and higher textual units. Great care is taken to find the correct delimitation of cola (half-verses), verses, strophes and stanzas, and, in the case of Deut.32, of its four big sections, after which all things fall into place. The articulation of the higher units underpins the discursive or argumentative structure of Deut.32 and Job 3 and is a solid basis for an interpretation that tries to honour the thematic developments in these songs. In the case of Ex.15, of which the stanzaic division is already known, the attention shifts to the lower levels. The contours and rhythms of its short cola, and its verses and strophes are studied and accounted for. The chapter on Job 3 has a special feature. The count of premasoretic syllables is shown to be an essential part of the numerical perfection of this poem. A major point of departure for this book, which is corroborated by its results, is that these poems are so complex (read: of such many-layered significance) that they cannot be given their due by a simple set of techniques or fixed canon of interpretive procedures. This poetry requires a flexible approach which tries to cover the full range of its brilliant usage of language, style and structure
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004358676
ER  -