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BL
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1006190
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b760560
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| Main Entry
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Watson, Wilfred G. E.
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| Title & Author
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Classical Hebrew poetry : : a guide to its techniques /\ Wilfred G.E. Watson.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: T & T Clark,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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T & T Clark biblical languages
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| Page. NO
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xviii, 460, [16] pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0567083888
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: 9780567083883
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- Scope and aims -- Stylistics and Hebrew poetry -- 2. Poetic texts in other Semitic languages -- Introduction -- Ugaritic poetry -- Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) poetic material -- 3. Analysing Hebrew poetry: Notes on method -- Terminology -- Method -- Function in poetry -- Archaisms -- Dating -- Textual criticism -- Prose or poetry? -- Closure: notes on theory -- 4. The Hebrew poet in action -- Oral poetry -- Oral poetry: theory -- Techniques and characteristics of oral poetry -- Ancient Hebrew oral poetry -- Techniques and characteristics of oral poetry in Hebrew -- Epic poetry in Hebrew?
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12. Secondary techniques -- Expansion -- Lists -- Inversion -- 13. Appendix: Worked examples -- Introduction -- A Ugaritic poem -- Babylonian poetry -- Hebrew examples -- Closing comments -- Indexes: -- Index of subjects -- Index of numerical references -- Index of biblical references -- Index of Hebrew words -- Index of Hebrew word-pairs -- Index of Ugaritic texts -- Index of Ugaritic words -- Index of Ugaritic word-pairs -- Index of Akkadian texts -- Index of Akkadian words -- Index of other texts -- Index of authors cited.
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5. Metre -- What is metre? -- Metre in ancient Semitic languages -- The stress (accentual) theory of Hebrew metre -- Other theories: survey and critique -- Anacrusis -- Functions of metre -- 6. Parallelism -- Introductory -- Gender-matched parallelism -- Parallel word-pairs -- Number parallelism -- Staircase parallelism -- Others types of parallelism -- 7. Stanza and strophe -- The stanza -- Strophic patterns: introduction -- The monocolon -- The abc/b'c' couplet -- The tricolon -- Strophic patterns: the quatrain -- Strophic patterns: the pentacolon -- Higher strophic units -- Acrostics and related patterns.
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8. Verse-patterns -- Introduction -- Chiasmus and chiastic patterns -- The terrace pattern (anadiplosis and sorites) -- The pivot pattern -- 9. Sound in Hebrew poetry -- General -- Assonance -- Alliteration -- Rhyme -- Onomatopoeia -- Wordplay -- 10. Imagery -- Imagery -- Simile -- Metaphor -- 11. Poetic devices -- The interplay of poetic devices -- Repetition -- Envelope figure -- Keywords -- Refrain -- Allusion -- Ellipsis -- Irony -- Oxymoron -- Abstract for concrete -- Hyperbole -- Merismus -- Hendiadys -- The 'break-up' of a composite phrase -- Enjambment -- Delayed identification -- Rhetorical questions -- Ballast variant.
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| Subject
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Hebrew poetry, Biblical-- History and criticism.
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Hebrew poetry, Biblical.
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Lyrik-- Hebräisch-- Altes Testament.
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Poetik-- Hebräisch-- Altes Testament.
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| Dewey Classification
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892.41109
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| LC Classification
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BS1405.2.W37 2005
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