Hebrew Verse Structure
Michael Patrick O'Connor
In this extensive and eclectic reconsideration of classical Hebrew poetics, O’Connor evaluates the assumptions that have guided scholars for more than two hundred years. The result is “a great leap forward in the analysis and interpretation of early Hebrew poetry.” (David Noel Freedman)
- Description
- Table of Contents
PART I: OVERVIEW
CHAPTER ONE: HEBREW VERSE STRUCTURE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Assumptions and axioms
1.2 New evidence for the description of Hebrew verse
1.3 Previous descriptions of Hebrew verse
1.4 The constriction of Hebrew verse
1.5 The tropes of Hebrew verse
1.6 The structure, system, and texture of Hebrew verse
1.7 The fine structure of Hebrew verse
1.8 The plan of the essay
CHAPTER TWO: THE TEXTS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Genesis 49. The Testament of Jacob
2.2 Exodus 15. The Song at the Sea
2.3 Numbers 23-24. The Oracles of Balaam
2.4 Deuteronomy 32. The Song of Moses
2.5 Deuteronomy 33. The Testament of Moses
2.6 Judges 5. The Song of Deborah
2.7 2 Samuel 1. The Lament of David
2.8 Habaqquq 3. The Psalm of Habaqquq
2.9 Zephaniah 1
2.10 Zephaniah 2
2.11 Zephaniah 3
2.12 Psalm 78
2.13 Psalm 106
2.14 Psalm 107
PART II: FINE STRUCTURE
CHAPTER THREE: THE SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE LINE
3.0 Introduction
3.1 The parts of speech
3.2 Grammatical analysis
3.3 Single clause predicated lines of two or three constituents
3.4 Other predicated lines
3.5 Nominal lines
CHAPTER FOUR: THE WORD-LEVEL TROPE OF REPETITION
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Simple repetition
4.2 Buried simple repetition and the figura etymologica
4.3 Non-local repetition on common ground
4.4 Non-local repetition without common ground
4.5 Juxtapositions
4.6 Summary
CHAPTER FIVE: THE WORD-LEVEL TROPES OF COLORATION: BINOMINATION, COORDINATION AND COMBINATION
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Binomination
5.2 Coordination
5.3 Combination
5.3 1 Construct combination
5.4 Burial
5.5 Summary
CHAPTER SIX: THE LINE-LEVEL TROPE OF MATCHING
6.0 Introduction
6.1 Two line matches
6.2 Three line matches
6.3 Four line matches
6.4 Longer matches
6.5 Summary
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LINE-LEVEL TROPE OF GAPPING AND RELATED PHENOMENA
7.0 Introduction
7.1 Verb gapping
7.2 Gapping of other constituents
7.3 Particle gapping
7.4 Summary
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SUPRALINEAR-LEVEL TROPE OF SYNTACTIC DEPENDENCY
8.0 Introduction
8.1 Quotative passages
8.2 Passages with verbal clause cores
8.3 Passages with verbless clause cores
8.4 Independent noun phrases
8.5 Summary
CHAPTER NINE: THE SUPRALINEAR-LEVEL TROPE OF MIXING
9.0 Introduction
9.1 Clause mixing
9.2 Phrase mixing
9.3 Summary
PART III: GROSS STRUCTURE
CHAPTER TEN: AN OVERVIEW
10.0 Introduction
10.1 Poems with plain articulations
10.2 Poems with burdens
10.3 Other individual poems
10.4 The Book of Zephaniah
10.5 Summary
APPENDIX: THE TEXTS
Genesis 49. The Testament of Jacob
Exodus 15. The Song at the Sea
Numbers 23-24. The Oracles of Balaam
Deuteronomy 32. The Song of Moses
Deuteronomy 33. The Testament of Moses
Judges 5. The Song of Deborah
2 Samuel 1. The Lament of David
Habaqquq 3. The Psalm of Habaqquq
Zephaniah 1
Zephaniah 2
Zephaniah 3
Psalm 78
Psalm 106
Psalm 107
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEXES
Subject Index
Author Index
Scripture Index
Word Index
Hebrew
Phoenician
Ugaritic
Arabic
Errata to the First Printing
The Contours of Biblical Hebrew Verse: An Afterword to Hebrew Verse Structure
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