Formula Criticism and the Poetry of the Old Testament
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Formula Criticism and the Poetry of the Old Testament

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Formula Criticism and the Poetry of the Old Testament

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9783110057300
eBook ISBN
9783110835595
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. List of Tables
  2. Abbreviations
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter I. Formula Criticism: An Historical Survey
  5. A. Introduction
  6. B. The Discovery of Formula from Classical Studies
  7. 1. Milman Parry
  8. 2. A. B. Lord
  9. 3. Robert C. Culley
  10. 4. Summary
  11. C. The Discovery of Word Pairs from Northwest Semitic Studies
  12. 1. H. L. Ginsberg
  13. 2. Umberto Cassuto and Moshe Held
  14. 3. Stanley Gevirtz
  15. 4. Samuel Loewenstamm and Y. Avishur
  16. 5. Summary
  17. D. The Discovery of Repeated Word Pairs and Phrases from Comparative Studies
  18. 1. Culley and Gevirtz
  19. 2. William Whallon
  20. 3. Summary
  21. E. Conclusion and Anticipation
  22. Chapter II. The Nature and Occurrence of Word Pairs
  23. A. Introduction
  24. B. The Word Pairs as the Dominating Element of Formulaic Hebrew Poetry
  25. C. The Nature of the Word Pair
  26. D. The Presence of Word Pairs in Both Oral and Written Poetry
  27. E. Conclusion and Anticipation
  28. Chapter III. Word Pairs in the Transmission and Composition of the Poetry
  29. A. The Origin of Word Pairs in the Oral and Written Composition of Poems
  30. B. The Unlikely Transmissional Activity of Word Pairs
  31. C. Traditional Diction Versus Common Association and Limited Vocabulary
  32. Chapter IV. Word Pairs and the Creativity of the Hebrew Poet
  33. A. The Creativity of the Poet as Author
  34. B. Creativity and the Association of Words in Pair
  35. C. Different Genre, Formulas, and Subject Matter
  36. D. Conclusion and Anticipation
  37. Chapter V. Word Pairs as a Significant Index to the Poetic Line
  38. A. Bishop Lowth’s Contribution
  39. B. The Peculiarities of Poetic Construction as Revealed by Word Pairs
  40. 1. Long Tours
  41. 2. Standardized Patterns
  42. C. Violating the Economies of Composition and Translation
  43. D. The Homeric Epithet as Distinctive from the Hebrew Word Pairs
  44. E. Conclusion and Anticipation
  45. Chapter VI. Usefulness of Word Pairs in Evaluating Poetry
  46. A. Introduction: The Usefulness of Formula Criticism
  47. B. What is Prose? What is Poetry?
  48. C. Was Ruth Originally a Poetic Book?
  49. D. Formula Criticism and the Problem of Dating Texts
  50. E. Formula Criticism and the Problem of Authenticating Texts
  51. 1. Isaiah
  52. 2. Job
  53. 3. Lamentations
  54. F. Formula Criticism and the Problem of Relating Texts
  55. 1. Lamentations and Jeremiah
  56. 2. Lamentations and the Lament Psalms
  57. G. Formula Criticism and the Problem of Repairing Texts
  58. H. Conclusion
  59. Chapter VII. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Study
  60. A. Conclusions
  61. B. Further Study
  62. Appendix. Lists
  63. A. Introduction
  64. B. The Lists
  65. 1. Numerical Summary
  66. 2. Isaiah
  67. 3. Job
  68. 4. Lamentations
  69. 5. Ruth
  70. Bibliography