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Author Ayars, Matthew I., author

Title The shape of Hebrew poetry : exploring the discourse function of linguistic parallelism in the Egyptian Hallel / by Matthew I. Ayars
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages)
Series Studia semitica neerlandica ; volume 70
Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; 70.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures; Abbreviations; Part 1 Introductory Matters; Introduction; Chapter 1 A History of Research of the Discourse Shape of Biblical Hebrew Poetry; 1.1 BHP Microstructure: The Shape of the Verseline; 1.2 BHP Macrostructure: The Shape of Strophes, Stanzas, and Cantos; 1.3 Need for Study: Style, Linguistics, and Parallelism; Chapter 2 Roman Jakobson, Parallelism, and Structura lPoetics; 2.1 Structuralism, Structural Semiotics, Linguistics, and Discursivity; 2.2 Example Poem Analysis: It's Raining; It's Pouring
Chapter 3 Methodology of Discourse Analysis: Linguistics, or Literary Analysis?3.1 Stylistics: The Methodology Dilemma and a Solution; 3.2 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 3.3 Terminology; 3.4 Corpus; Part 2 Discourse Analysis; Chapter 4 Psalm 113; 4.1 Translation with Notes; 4.2 Unifying Theological Theme; 4.3 Stylistic Overview; 4.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 4.5 Macrostructure Analysis; 4.6 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Psalm 114; 5.1 Translation with Notes; 5.2 Unifying Theological Theme; 5.3 Stylistic Overview; 5.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 5.5 Macrostructure Analysis; 5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Psalm 1156.1 Translation with Notes; 6.2 Unifying Theological Theme; 6.3 Stylistic Overview; 6.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 6.5 Structure; 6.6 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Psalm 116; 7.1 Translation with Notes; 7.2 Unifying Theological Theme; 7.3 Stylistic Overview; 7.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 7.5 Macrostructure Analysis; 7.6 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Psalm 117; 8.1 Translation with Notes; 8.2 Unifying Theological Theme; 8.3 Stylistic Overview; 8.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 8.5 Macrostructure Analysis; 8.6 Conclusions; Chapter 9 Psalm 118; 9.1 Translation with Notes
9.2 Unifying Theological Theme9.3 Stylistic Overview; 9.4 Text-Linguistic Analysis; 9.5 Macrostructure Analysis; 9.6 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Conclusion; 10.1 Synchrony and Diachrony: Parallelism Functions within a Complex Web of Relationships; 10.2 Linguistic Parallelism and the Hermeneutical Spiral; 10.3 Parallelism Occurs on All Linguistic Levels in BHP; 10.4 Repetitions that Occur through Linguistic Parallelism Create Structural Cohesion in BHP; 10.5 Linguistic Parallelism Can Be Used to Poetically Foreground Content of a Text; Final Remarks; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects
Notes Text in English; includes some original Hebrew words and passages with translations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 27, 2018)
Subject Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982.
SUBJECT Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982. fast (OCoLC)fst01438387
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769
Hallel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092
Hallel. fast (OCoLC)fst01368372
Subject Hebrew poetry, Biblical -- History and criticism
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
Hebrew poetry, Biblical.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018050195
ISBN 900436627X
9789004366275