{"product_id":"psalms-as-poetry-ethan-c-jones-9781481323857","title":"Psalms as Poetry: The Language of Wonder, Prayer, and Praise","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe message of the Bible is urgent and comprehensive. Why then is it written in the compressed and concise language of poetry? Some find the Bible's poetry irrelevant; others consider poetic language something to be decoded and ultimately discarded so as to arrive at summary, theme, or sermon. \u003ci\u003ePsalms as Poetry: The Language of Wonder, Prayer, and Praise\u003c\/i\u003e takes what is known as the \"little Bible,\" the book of Psalms, and listens to its language. Its poetry is inescapable. But more importantly, it is revelatory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond standard taxonomies and tropes, this book explores the imagination, sound, metaphor, lines, form, and theology of poetry. Distinct from other approaches, \u003ci\u003ePsalms as Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e reads the Bible alongside modern poetry. George Herbert, Malcolm Guite, A. E. Stallings, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Michael O'Siadhail, R. S. Thomas, Seamus Heaney, and more direct our attention to the world of poetic language. Modern poetry is not identical to the Hebrew poetry of the Psalms. Yet, in attending to the nature of modern poetry we are ready to leave entrenched positions and overworked labels in Psalms study and see what has always been in the poetry of Psalms: a language latent, lucid, and generative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for scholars and students. Many of the advancements in the study of Hebrew poetry and Psalms are summarized and at times furthered. Students and interested readers will profit from the discussion, analysis, and illustrations throughout the body of the chapters. Scholars will benefit from chapters on understudied topics in biblical poetry, such as imagination, sound, and theology, as well as the rich examples and the technical details in the footnotes. In all, \u003ci\u003ePsalms as Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e draws readers to the countless ways the Psalter elicits wonder and prompts both prayer and praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ethan C. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481323857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481323857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ethan C. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997728420095,"sku":"9781481323857","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/psalms-as-poetry-ethan-c-jones-9781481323857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}