| Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Berlin, Adele (Author), Freedman, David Noel (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0802803970 ISBN-13: 9780802803979 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Understanding of biblical poetry is enhanced by the study of its structure. In this book Adele Berlin analyzes parallelism, a major feature of Hebrew poetry, from a linguistic perspective. This new edition of Berlin??'s study features an additional chapter, ?The Range of Biblical Metaphors in Smikhut, ? by late Russian linguist Lida Knorina. Berlin calls this addition ?innovative and instructive to those who value the linguistic analysis of poetry.? It is a fitting coda to Berlin's adept analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General |
| Dewey: 809.935 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Series: Biblical Resource |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.11" W x 8.94" (0.67 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Understanding of biblical poetry is enhanced by the study of its structure. In this book Adele Berlin analyzes parallelism, a major feature of Hebrew poetry, from a linguistic perspective. This new edition of Berlin's study features an additional chapter, "The Range of Biblical Metaphors inSmikhut,"by late Russian linguist Lida Knorina. Berlin calls this addition "innovative and instructive to those who value the linguistic analysis of poetry." It is a fitting coda to Berlin's adept analysis. |
Contributor Bio(s): Berlin, Adele: - Adele Berlin is Robert H. Smith Professor of BiblicalStudies at the University of Maryland. The author of threebiblical commentaries and Biblical Poetry throughMedieval Jewish Eyes, she is also coeditor of TheJewish Study Bible (Oxford), which received a NationalJewish Book Award in 2004. |