The art of Biblical poetry
By: Robert Alter
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780465022564
Subjects: Biblical Hebrew poetry; History and criticism
Notes: Originally published: 1985. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The dynamics of parallelism; title: From line to story; title: Structures of intensification; title: Truth and poetry in the book of Job; title: Forms of faith in Psalms; title: Prophecy and poetry; title: The poetry of wit; title: The garden of metaphor; title: The life of the tradition.