Jesus the Poet: Christ's Words as Hebrew Poetry

by Stephen Andrew Missick

This book examines certain sayings of Jesus as Hebrew poetry. King David is "the sweet psalmist of Israel" in the Bible (2 Samuel 23:1) but rarely do we think of Jesus "the Son of David" as a poet. But when we examine his words against their Semitic background we see that he clearly was. Jesus was a poet of the Hebrew tradition. In his proclamations Jesus spoke Aramaic but used Hebrew poetic structures that are found in the Sacred Scriptures and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1460969030
• ISBN13: 9781460969038
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 5.0"