Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah : The Most Perfect Model of the Prophetic Poetry by J. Blake Couey TXT
9780198743552 English 0198743556 Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah offers a literary and historical study of the prophetic poetry of First Isaiah (Isaiah 1-39), an underappreciated but highly sophisticated collection of poems in the Hebrew Bible. Informed by recent developments in biblical studies and broader trends in the study of poetry, it articulates a fresh account of Biblical Hebrew poetry and argues that careful attention to poetic style is crucial for the interpretation ofbiblical texts. It examines in detail three specific topics of importance for poetic interpretation: lineation, poetic structure, and imagery and metaphor. Each chapter closes with a close reading of a complete poemfrom First Isaiah., Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah provides a literary and historical study of the prophetic poetry of First Isaiah, an underappreciated but highly sophisticated collection of poems in the Hebrew Bible. Informed by recent developments in biblical studies and broader trends in the study ofpoetry, Dr J. Blake Couey articulates a fresh account of Biblical Hebrew poetry and argues that careful attention to poetic style is crucial for the interpretation of these texts. Discussing lineation, he explains that lines serve important rhetorical functions in First Isaiah, but the absence of lineated manuscripts from antiquity makes it necessary to defend proposed line divisions using criteria such as parallelism, rhythm, and syntax. He examines poetic structure, andhighlights that parallelism and enjambment create a sense of progression between individual lines, which are tightly joined to form couplets, triplets, quatrains, and occasionally even longer groups. Later, Dr Couey treats imagery and metaphor in First Isaiah. A striking variety of images - mostnotably agricultural and animal imagery - appear in diverse contexts in these poems, often with rich figurative significance.
9780198743552 English 0198743556 Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah offers a literary and historical study of the prophetic poetry of First Isaiah (Isaiah 1-39), an underappreciated but highly sophisticated collection of poems in the Hebrew Bible. Informed by recent developments in biblical studies and broader trends in the study of poetry, it articulates a fresh account of Biblical Hebrew poetry and argues that careful attention to poetic style is crucial for the interpretation ofbiblical texts. It examines in detail three specific topics of importance for poetic interpretation: lineation, poetic structure, and imagery and metaphor. Each chapter closes with a close reading of a complete poemfrom First Isaiah., Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah provides a literary and historical study of the prophetic poetry of First Isaiah, an underappreciated but highly sophisticated collection of poems in the Hebrew Bible. Informed by recent developments in biblical studies and broader trends in the study ofpoetry, Dr J. Blake Couey articulates a fresh account of Biblical Hebrew poetry and argues that careful attention to poetic style is crucial for the interpretation of these texts. Discussing lineation, he explains that lines serve important rhetorical functions in First Isaiah, but the absence of lineated manuscripts from antiquity makes it necessary to defend proposed line divisions using criteria such as parallelism, rhythm, and syntax. He examines poetic structure, andhighlights that parallelism and enjambment create a sense of progression between individual lines, which are tightly joined to form couplets, triplets, quatrains, and occasionally even longer groups. Later, Dr Couey treats imagery and metaphor in First Isaiah. A striking variety of images - mostnotably agricultural and animal imagery - appear in diverse contexts in these poems, often with rich figurative significance.