Table of Contents

Outline of the Book

Introduction

1. Some Basic Ideas

Part I: The Craft of Biblical Poetry

2. The Idea of Parallelism

3. Repetition

4. Word Pairs: The Building Blocks of Parallelism

5. Parallel Lines: Similarity and Sequence

Part II: Poetry and Language

6. Literal Language

7. Metonymy: Connection by Association

8. Metaphor: Connection by Likeness

9. Other Non-Literal Language with a Note on Hebrew and Greek

Excursus: A Close Reading of Psalm 23

Part III: Genre: The Types of Biblical Poems

10. The Lyric and Biblical Poetry

11. Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving

12. Narrative and Implied Narrative

13. Laments: Prayer Psalms or Psalms of Petition

14. The Genres of Wisdom Literatures

15. Prophetic Genres

16. An Afterword: Finding Meaning

Glossary

Scripture References

Selected Bibliography

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