The Question of Meter in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
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The Question of Meter in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: (v. 46 Studies in Bible & Early Christianity S.)

The Question of Meter in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: (v. 46 Studies in Bible & Early Christianity S.)


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Table of Contents:
ABBREVIATIONS v PREFACE vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi CHAPTER 1: DEFINING METER 1 Introduction 1 Defining Meter 11 Meter and Rhythm 11 Phonological Event 15 Abstract Pattern as Contract 21 Arrangement by Line With Regularity 31 The Proposed Definition of Meter 37 CHAPTER 2: THE CATEGORIZATION OF METRICAL THEORIES FOR CLASSICAL HEBREW POETRY 41 Introduction 41 Quantitative 47 Philo of Alexandria (ca. 15 B.C.-ca. A.D. 45) 47 Josephus (A.D. 37-100) 49 Origen (A.D. 184-254) 52 Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea (A.D. 264-340) 53 Pseudo-Justin Martyr (Fourth Century A.D.) 54 Jerome (A.D. 331-420) 55 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (A.D. 354-430) 59 Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrene (A.D. 386-458) 60 Isidore of Seville (ca. A.D. 580-636) 61 Samuel Archivolti (1515-1611) 62 Franciscus Gomarus (1563-1641) 65 Marcus Meibomius (1630-1711) 69 Sir William Jones (1746-1794) 72 Conrad Gottlob Anton (1770) 75 Egbert Jan Greve (1754-1811) 81 Joachim Bellermann (1813) 89 Summary 94 Accentual 97 Ernst Heinrich Meier (1813-1866) 97 Julius Ley (1822-1901) 103 Karl Ferdinand Reinhardt Budde (1850-1935) 119 Eduard Sievers (1850-1932) 132 William Henry Cobb (1846-1923) 146 George Buchanan Gray (1865-1922) 148 Theodore Henry Robinson (1881-?) 153 Sigmund Olaf Plytt Mowinckel (1884-1965) 158 William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971) 163 Stanislav Segert (1921-) 165 Jerzy Kurylowicz (1895-?) 166 Summary 173 Syllabic 175 Moshe ben Shem Tov ibn Habib 175 Abraham ben David Portaleone (1542-1612) 178 Adalbert Merx (1838-1909) 180 Robert C. Culley (1970) 182 Douglas K. Stuart (1976) 184 David Noel Freedman (1922-) 187 Summary 206 Acccntual-Syllabic 207 Francis Hare (1671-1740) 207 Joseph Levin Saalschutz (1801-1863) 213 Summary 220 Conclusion 221 CHAPTER 3: METRICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECT TEXTS 223 Introduction 223 The Control Data 231 The Metrical Control 231 Syllabic Meter: Japanese Haiku 231 Accentual Meter: Beowulf 233 Accentual-Syllabic Meter: Shakespeare's Sonnets (I-X) 235 The Nonmetrical Control 251 Birth of Moses (Exod 2:1-10) 251 Ruth 1 267 Summary 287 The Texts 289 Words and Accents 289 Syllabification and Vocalization 290 Lamentations 1 294 Lamentations 2 310 Lamentations 3 328 Lamentations 4 346 Lamentations 5 362 A Worthy Woman (Prov 31:10-31) 372 Psalm 25 382 Psalm 34 396 Psalm 37 406 Psalm 111 424 Psalm 112 428 Psalm 119 432 Psalm 145 460 David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam 1:19-27) 470 Conclusions 477 Regularity 477 Standard Deviation 479 Range 481 Relative Frequency Distribution Histograms 483 EXCURSUS: QINAH METER 485 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSIONS 489 BIBLIOGRAPHY 499 INDEX OF AUTHORS, ANCIENT AND MODERN 513


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  • ISBN-13: 9780773475748
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Series Title: v. 46 Studies in Bible & Early Christianity S.
  • ISBN-10: 0773475745
  • Height: 235 mm


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