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Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play

Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play

Camp, Claudia V.
Ben Zvi, Ehud
Gunn, David M.

Paperback

Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567681688
ISBN13: 9780567681683
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: May 31 2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In this volume, a list of esteemed scholars engage with the literary readings of prophetic and poetic texts in the Hebrew Bible that revolve around sensitivity to the complexity of language, the fragility of meaning, and the interplay of texts. These themes are discussed using a variety of hermeneutical strategies.

In Part 1, Poets and Poetry, some essays address the nature of poetic language itself, while others play with themes of love, beauty, and nature in specific poetic texts. The essays in Part 2, Prophets and Prophecy, consider prophets and prophecy from a number of interpretive directions, moving from internal literary analysis to the reception of these texts and their imagery in a range of ancient and modern contexts. Those in Part 3, on the other hand, Texts in Play, take more recent works (from Shakespeare to Tove Jansson's Moomin books for children) as their point of departure, developing conversations between texts across the centuries that enrich the readings of both the ancient and modern pieces of literature.

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