On Biblical Poetry

by F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp

On Biblical Poetry takes a fresh look at the nature of biblical Hebrew poetry beyond its currently best-known feature, parallelism. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp argues that biblical poetry is in most respects just like any other verse tradition, and therefore biblical poems should be read and interpreted like other poems, using the same critical tools and with the same kinds of guiding assumptions in place. He offers a series of programmatic essays on major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199766908
• ISBN13: 9780199766901
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"