Many Are Saying: The Function of Direct Discourse in the Hebrew Psalter

by Rolf A. Jacobsen, Andrew Mein (Editor), Claudia V. Camp (Editor)

Overview

In recent years, Old Testament scholars have come to see that the aesthetic and rhetorical richness of Hebrew poetry goes far beyond simple synonymous, antithetic, and synthetic parallelism. One aspect that has yet to receive sustained treatment is the poetic device known as direct discourse or quotation-the direct citation of a person's speech. Rolf A. Jacobson remedies this lack and makes a significant contribution to Old Testament studies by offering a sustained investigation into the function of direct discourse in the Hebrew Psalter. This leads to a greater understanding both of direct discourse and also of those psalms in which this poetic device occurs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567081933
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/22/2004
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #397
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Andrew Mein is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Durham, UK.

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.