Vertical Grammar of Parallelism in Biblical Hebrew
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| Title: | Vertical Grammar of Parallelism in Biblical Hebrew |
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| Description: | An essential resource for sound exegesis of biblical poetry While previous books on parallelism have focused almost exclusively on semantic classification, in his new book David Toshio Tsumura focuses on the grammatical and phonetic aspects as well. In particular, he defines and illustrates the vertical grammatical relationship between parallel lines. Readers will master how to read Biblical Hebrew poetry effectively by focusing on the basic linguistic features of word order, parallelistic structure, and rhetorical devices. For the benefit of nonspecialists, all Hebrew poems are given in accessible transliteration. This book is an indispensable companion to the Hebrew Bible for both beginners and experienced scholars. |
| Authors: | David Toshio Tsumura |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Parallelism (Linguistics), Hebrew poetry, Biblical--History and criticism |
| Categories: | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study, LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | An essential resource for sound exegesis of biblical poetry While previous books on parallelism have focused almost exclusively on semantic classification, in his new book David Toshio Tsumura focuses on the grammatical and phonetic aspects as well. In particular, he defines and illustrates the vertical grammatical relationship between parallel lines. Readers will master how to read Biblical Hebrew poetry effectively by focusing on the basic linguistic features of word order, parallelistic structure, and rhetorical devices. For the benefit of nonspecialists, all Hebrew poems are given in accessible transliteration. This book is an indispensable companion to the Hebrew Bible for both beginners and experienced scholars. |
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| ISBN: | 9781628374339 9781628374346 9781628374353 |
