{"product_id":"beyond-orality-jacqueline-vayntrub-9780367731571","title":"Beyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on Its Own Terms","description":"\u003cp\u003eCentral to understanding the prophecy and prayer of the Hebrew Bible are the unspoken assumptions that shaped them-their genres. Modern scholars describe these works as \"poetry,\" but there was no corresponding ancient Hebrew term or concept. Scholars also typically assume it began as \"oral literature,\" a concept based more in evolutionist assumptions than evidence. Is biblical poetry a purely modern fiction, or is there a more fundamental reason why its definition escapes us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms \u003c\/i\u003echanges the debate by showing how biblical poetry has worked as a mirror, reflecting each era's own self-image of verbal art. Yet Vayntrub also shows that this problem is rooted in a crucial pattern within the Bible itself: the texts we recognize as \"poetry\" are framed as powerful and ancient verbal performances, dramatic speeches from the past. The Bible's creators presented what we call poetry in terms of their own image of the ancient and the oral, and understanding their native theories of Hebrew verbal art gives us a new basis to rethink our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Vayntrub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367731576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367731571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Jacqueline Vayntrub","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943679000831,"sku":"9780367731571","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_37898519-6290-4025-b573-77f4ae2ff160.jpg?v=1681499447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-orality-jacqueline-vayntrub-9780367731571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}