Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide

by J. P. Fokkelman

Overview

A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative, this volume provides an authoritative introduction and overview to biblical poetry. Fokkelman describes in step-by-step fashion how the poets produced their poetry. Full of examples, Reading Biblical Poetry makes available a holistic and integrative approach to understanding poetry found nowhere else.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664224394
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

J. P. Fokkelman is an international expert in Semitic languages. He has taught courses in classical Hebrew Literature at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. His publications include the four-volume work Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel and the trilogy Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible.