The Shape of Hebrew Poetry - Exploring the Discourse Function of Linguistic Parallelism in the Egyptian Hallel

The Shape of Hebrew Poetry explores foregrounding and structural cohesion as the dual discourse function of linguistic parallelism in biblical Hebrew poetry through a robust application of Roman Jakobson's theory of linguistic parallelism in poetry to the Egyptian Hallel (Psalm 113-118).

About the author

Matthew I. Ayars, Ph.D. (2016), University of Chester, is President and Professor of Biblical Studies at Emmaus Biblical Seminary of Haiti. He is also the Vice President of Theological Education at the One Mission Society.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Ian Ayars
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004366268
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36626-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism