An invitation to Biblical poetry /
'An Invitation to Biblical Poetry' is an introduction to the aesthetic dimensions of the ancient poetry of the Bible. It argues that, as art, biblical poems engage their readers in embodied encounters that accomplish intellectual work. It examines how this is achieved through the poems...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Series: | Essentials of biblical studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'An Invitation to Biblical Poetry' is an introduction to the aesthetic dimensions of the ancient poetry of the Bible. It argues that, as art, biblical poems engage their readers in embodied encounters that accomplish intellectual work. It examines how this is achieved through the poems' various techniques of voicing and address, lines, formal patterns, figures such as metaphor, personification, and symbol, and the crucial but elusive dimensions of historical and readerly context. Its broad survey of biblical poetry and accessible style will benefit anyone interested in becoming a better reader of poetry. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190664961 0190664967 9780190664954 0190664959 9780190664947 0190664940 |