The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism (The Biblical Resource Series

by Adele Berlin, David Noel Freedman (Foreword)

Understanding of biblical poetry is enhanced by the study of its structure. In this book Adele Berlin analyzes parallelism, a major feature of Hebrew poetry, from a linguistic perspective. This new edition of Berlin's study features an additional chapter, "The Range of Biblical Metaphors inSmikhut,"by late Russian linguist Lida Knorina. Berlin calls this addition "innovative and instructive to those who value the linguistic analysis of poetry." It is a fitting coda to Berlin's adept analysis.

311 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2007

Reviews

[Felicity Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A technical book for someone already familiar with Hebrew (not every Hebrew word was translated). But despite being technical it’s quite readable! Berlin provides tons of examples and structures the entire book in an easy-to-follow format. Pretty short at 140 pages.