New Idioms Within Old: Poetry and Parallelism in the Non-Masoretic Poems of 11q5 (=11qpsa) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781589835375)

This volume explores the language and poetic structure of the seven non-Masoretic poems preserved in the Dead Sea Scroll labeled 11Q5. It presents fresh readings of the Hebrew poems, which were last studied intensively almost fifty years ago, stressing their structural and conceptual coherence and incorporating insights gained from the scholarship of recent decades. Each chapter addresses a single poem and describes its poetic structure, including its use of parallelism and allusion to scripture, as well as specific problems related to the poem's interpretation. In addition, the book considers these poems in relation to what they reveal about the development of Hebrew poetry in the late Second Temple period.

Author: Eric D. Reymond
ISBN-10: 1589835379
ISBN-13: 9781589835375
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2011
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 12/01/2011 pg. 13