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In this extensive and eclectic reconsideration of classical Hebrew poetics, O’Connor evaluates the assumptions that have guided scholars for more than two hundred years. The result is “a great leap forward in the analysis and interpretation of early Hebrew poetry.” (David Noel Freedman)

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Author:   Michael Patrick O'Connor
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 5.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9780931464027

ISBN 10:   0931464021
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   30 June 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: OVERVIEW CHAPTER ONE: HEBREW VERSE STRUCTURE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Assumptions and axioms 1.2 New evidence for the description of Hebrew verse 1.3 Previous descriptions of Hebrew verse 1.4 The constriction of Hebrew verse 1.5 The tropes of Hebrew verse 1.6 The structure, system, and texture of Hebrew verse 1.7 The fine structure of Hebrew verse 1.8 The plan of the essay CHAPTER TWO: THE TEXTS 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Genesis 49. The Testament of Jacob 2.2 Exodus 15. The Song at the Sea 2.3 Numbers 23-24. The Oracles of Balaam 2.4 Deuteronomy 32. The Song of Moses 2.5 Deuteronomy 33. The Testament of Moses 2.6 Judges 5. The Song of Deborah 2.7 2 Samuel 1. The Lament of David 2.8 Habaqquq 3. The Psalm of Habaqquq 2.9 Zephaniah 1 2.10 Zephaniah 2 2.11 Zephaniah 3 2.12 Psalm 78 2.13 Psalm 106 2.14 Psalm 107 PART II: FINE STRUCTURE CHAPTER THREE: THE SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE LINE 3.0 Introduction 3.1 The parts of speech 3.2 Grammatical analysis 3.3 Single clause predicated lines of two or three constituents 3.4 Other predicated lines 3.5 Nominal lines CHAPTER FOUR: THE WORD-LEVEL TROPE OF REPETITION 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Simple repetition 4.2 Buried simple repetition and the figura etymologica 4.3 Non-local repetition on common ground 4.4 Non-local repetition without common ground 4.5 Juxtapositions 4.6 Summary CHAPTER FIVE: THE WORD-LEVEL TROPES OF COLORATION: BINOMINATION, COORDINATION AND COMBINATION 5.0 Introduction 5.1 Binomination 5.2 Coordination 5.3 Combination 5.3 1 Construct combination 5.4 Burial 5.5 Summary CHAPTER SIX: THE LINE-LEVEL TROPE OF MATCHING 6.0 Introduction 6.1 Two line matches 6.2 Three line matches 6.3 Four line matches 6.4 Longer matches 6.5 Summary CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LINE-LEVEL TROPE OF GAPPING AND RELATED PHENOMENA 7.0 Introduction 7.1 Verb gapping 7.2 Gapping of other constituents 7.3 Particle gapping 7.4 Summary CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SUPRALINEAR-LEVEL TROPE OF SYNTACTIC DEPENDENCY 8.0 Introduction 8.1 Quotative passages 8.2 Passages with verbal clause cores 8.3 Passages with verbless clause cores 8.4 Independent noun phrases 8.5 Summary CHAPTER NINE: THE SUPRALINEAR-LEVEL TROPE OF MIXING 9.0 Introduction 9.1 Clause mixing 9.2 Phrase mixing 9.3 Summary PART III: GROSS STRUCTURE CHAPTER TEN: AN OVERVIEW 10.0 Introduction 10.1 Poems with plain articulations 10.2 Poems with burdens 10.3 Other individual poems 10.4 The Book of Zephaniah 10.5 Summary APPENDIX: THE TEXTS Genesis 49. The Testament of Jacob Exodus 15. The Song at the Sea Numbers 23-24. The Oracles of Balaam Deuteronomy 32. The Song of Moses Deuteronomy 33. The Testament of Moses Judges 5. The Song of Deborah 2 Samuel 1. The Lament of David Habaqquq 3. The Psalm of Habaqquq Zephaniah 1 Zephaniah 2 Zephaniah 3 Psalm 78 Psalm 106 Psalm 107 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXES Subject Index Author Index Scripture Index Word Index Hebrew Phoenician Ugaritic Arabic Errata to the First Printing The Contours of Biblical Hebrew Verse: An Afterword to Hebrew Verse Structure

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