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The Question of Meter in Biblical Hebrew Poetry.

This study provides three important contributions to the study of biblical Hebrew poetry: first, it surveys scholars of non-biblical, metrical poetry to ascertain how meter is defined in the field of literary criticism; second, it categorizes and critiques all significant proposals regarding meter i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vance, Donald R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.
Colección:Studies in the Bible and early Christianity.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study provides three important contributions to the study of biblical Hebrew poetry: first, it surveys scholars of non-biblical, metrical poetry to ascertain how meter is defined in the field of literary criticism; second, it categorizes and critiques all significant proposals regarding meter in biblical Hebrew poetry from the time of Philo to the present; finally, it tests the most viable of the proposals against a large sample of poetic texts from the Hebrew Bible. The author generates statistical profiles for the texs and compares them with similar profiles from two categories of contr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (538 pages).
Bibliografía:BibliographyIndex of Authors, Ancient and Mocern; Studies in Bible and Early Christianity.
ISBN:9780773412309
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