Overview

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.

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Author:   Jan Fokkelman
Publisher:   K.Van Gorcum & Co B.V.
Imprint:   K.Van Gorcum & Co B.V.
Volume:   37
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9789023233671

ISBN 10:   9023233670
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction to the study of classical Hebrew poetry: hierarchical text models - the poet and his language; the poem under the rule of prosody - a finger exercise on Psalm 113, note on pre-Masoretic syllables; the relations between syntax and the higher prosodic units; hermeneutics interacting with structural analysis. Part 2 A full description of Exodus 15: the key to the poem- textural units; structures and contours - a description of strophes and stanzas; proportions. Part 3 A comprehensive description of Deuteronomy 32 as a work of art. Part 4 The song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 as a whole: the argumentative structure at three levels; patterns and proportions - strophes and strophe structure, the structure of the strophes, the structure of the l-strophes, figures for the 11 stanzas. Part 5 The poem of Job 3: its structure and numerical perfection - Job 3 according to its various forms of regularity, structural analysis of strophes and stanzas, final remarks. Appendices: The Hebrew text of Exodus 15 plus two tables; the Hebrew text of Deuteronomy 32 plus four tables; the Hebrew text of Job 3 plus two tables.

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