{"id":169,"date":"2022-03-24T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=169"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:07:19","slug":"outline","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/front-matter\/outline\/","title":{"raw":"Outline of the Book","rendered":"Outline of the Book"},"content":{"raw":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/front-matter\/introduction\/\">Introduction<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/\">1. Some Basic Ideas<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.1\">1.1. Tradition and Creativity<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.2\">1.2. The Poet\u2019s Intention and the Poem\u2019s Autonomy<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3\">1.3. The Connections of Association and Likeness<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3a\">a. association<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3b\">b. likeness and sameness<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4\">1.4. A Close Reading of a Poem: Basic Strategies<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4a\">a. Read the poem and get a clear sense of what it says.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4b\">b. Give some attention to the speaker.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4c\">c. Look carefully at the words on the page..<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4d\">d. Look for connections and patterns.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4e\">e. What strikes you as the most important line today?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-i-the-craft-of-biblical-poetry\">Part I: The Craft of Biblical Poetry<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/\">2. The Idea of Parallelism<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.1\">2.1. Robert Lowth, <em>De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum<\/em> (1710-1787)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.2\">2.2. James Kugel, <em>The Idea of Biblical Poetry<\/em> (1981)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.3\">2.3. Robert Alter, <em>The Art of Biblical Poetry<\/em> (1985)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.4\">2.4. Wilfred G.E. Watson, <em>Classical Hebrew Poetry <\/em>(1985)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.5\">2.5. Adele Berlin, <em>The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism<\/em> (1985, 2008)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.6\">2.6. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp, <em>On Biblical Poetry<\/em> (2015)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.7\">2.7. Exercises for Chapter 2<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/\">3. Repetition<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.1\">3.1. Stress and Meter<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.2\">3.2. Rhyme and the Repetition of Sound<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3\">3.3. The Function of Repetition<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3a\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">a. emphasis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3b\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">b. <\/span>design<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3c\">c. time<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4\">3.4. Strategies of Repeating Sameness<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4a\">a.\u00a0 keywords<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4b\">b. inclusio<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4c\">c. anaphora<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4d\">d. refrain<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4e\">e. alphabetic psalm<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.5\">3.5 Exercises for Chapter 3<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/\">4. Word Pairs: The Building Blocks of Parallelism<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.1\">4.1. Word Pairs: Natural, Cultural, and Personal<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2\">4.2. Similar Pairs<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2a\">a. pairs with the same word<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2b\">b. pairs of similar words<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2c\">c. pairs of contrasting words<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2d\">d. a word with an explanatory phrase<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3\">4.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Pairs with Associated Words<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3a\">a. pairs with words from the same cognitive domain<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3b\">b. the general and the specific<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3c\">c. pairs of the whole and the part<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3d\">d. merismus: half &amp; half or polar pair<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.4\">4.4. Sequential Pairs<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.5\">4.5. Lists of 3 and 3+1, 7 and 7+1<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.6\">4.6. Exercises for Chapter 4<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/\">5. Parallel Lines: Similarity and Sequence<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1\">5.1. Similar Parallelism<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1a\">a. similar ideas without parallel word pairs<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1b\">b. the full similarity of ideas, words, and even grammar: abc || abc<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1c\">c. elliptical parallelism: abc || bc or a variation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1d\">d. parallelism with substitution: abc || bdc and the like<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1e\">e. apposition: abc | a or abc | b or abc | c<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1f\">f. repetition of one or more element(s): ab || ac or the like<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1g\">g. chiasm: ab || ba<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1h\">h. contrasting parallelism<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1i\">i. a group of three-line: a tercet<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2\">5.2. Sequential Parallelism<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2a\">a. the second line grammatically completing the first<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2b\">b. lines of sequential actions<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2c\">c. an independent clause and a subordinate clause or vice versa<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2d\">d. statement and quotation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2e\">e. statement and question<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3\">5.3. The Combination of Similarity and Sequence<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3a\">a. the difference of similar words: abc || abc<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3b\">b. substitution with a new element: abc || abd etc.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3c\">c. step parallelism: ab || bc<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3d\">d. Janus parallelism<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.4\">5.4. Stanzas and Larger Groups<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.5\">5.5. Exercises for Chapter 5<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-ii-poetry-and-language\/\">Part II: Poetry and Language<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/\">6. Literal Language<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.1\">6.1. Literal language<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.2\">6.2. Cognitive Domain<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.3\">6.3. Denotation and Connotation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.4\">6.4. Exercises for Chapter 6<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/\">7. Metonymy: Connection by Association<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.1\">7.1. A Definition of Metonymy: X for Y<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.2\">7.2. The Importance of Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.3\">7.3. Some Examples of Metonymy in the Bible<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.4\">7.4 Exercises for Chapter 7 on Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/\">8. Metaphor: Connection by Likeness<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.1\">8.1. The Definition of Metaphor: A is (like) B<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.2\">8.2. Implied Metaphors: Unless the LORD builds the house.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.3\">8.3. Wide and Narrow Metaphors<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.4\">8.4. Paul Ricoeur: Live and Dead Metaphors<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.5\">8.5. Lakoff &amp; Johnson: Metaphors as Conceptual Frameworks<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.6\">8.6. Some Metaphors That the Bible Lives By<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.7\">8.7. Metaphor and Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.8\">8.8. Exercises for Chapter 8<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/\">9. Other Non-Literal Language With a Note on Hebrew and Greek<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.1\">9.1. Irony<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.2\">9.2. Overstatement or Hyperbole<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.3\">9.3. Understatement or Litotes<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.4\">9.4. Multiplicity or Ambiguity<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.5\">9.5. <span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The Hebrew and Greek Languages: Some Brief Notes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.6\">9.6. Exercises for Chapter 9<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/excursus-close-reading-of-psalm-23\">Excursus: A Close Reading of Psalm 23<\/a><\/p>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-iii-genres\/\">Part III: Genre: The Types of Biblical Poems<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/10lyric\/\">10. The Lyric and Biblical Poetry<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/10lyric\/#10.1\">10.1. Exercise for Chapter 10<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/\">11. Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.1\">11.1. Praise and Thanksgiving in Ordinary Speech<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2\">11.2. Hymns of Praise<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2a\">a. the call for others to praise: a command or an invitation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2b\">b. the psalmist\u2019s vow of praise<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2c\">c. statements about God as the reason for praise<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2d\">d. the formula: Blessed be God!<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.3\">11.3. The Thanksgiving Hymn<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.4\">11.4. Exercises for Chapter 11<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/\">12. Narrative and Implied Narrative<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1\">12.1. Plot<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1a\">a. basic plots<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1b\">b. implied narrative<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.2\">12.2. Characters: Flat &amp; Round, Traditional &amp; Realistic<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.3\">12.3. Other Entities: Literal and Significant<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.4\">12.4. Time and Place in the Story<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.5\">12.5. The Narrator or Storyteller, Author, and Worldview<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.6\">12.6. Narrative Time<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.7\">12.7. The Performer and the Audience<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.8\">12.8. Exercises for Chapter 12<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/\">13. Laments: the Prayer Psalms or Psalms of Petition<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.1\">13.1. Petitions in Ordinary Speech<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.2\">13.2. Prayer Psalms as Dramatic Monologue<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.3\">13.3. The Stock Plot of the Prayer Psalms<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.4\">13.4. The Stock Characters<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.5\">13.5. The Prayer Psalm in One Act<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.6\">13.6. The Prayer Psalm in Two Acts<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7\">13.7. The Basic Elements of the Prayer Psalms<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7a\">a. the call or invocation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7b\">b. a description of God<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7c\">c. a description of the psalmist\u2019s situation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7d\">d. the petition<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7e\">e. the purpose and result of the petition<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7f\"> f. statements of trust<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7g\">g. questions<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7h\">h. bartering with God and vows<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7i\">i. thanksgiving<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8\">13.8. Realism and the Laments<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8a\">a. the depth of emotion<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8b\">b. theologies different than ours<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8c\">c. the psalmist as a sinner and therefore the cause of the problem<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8d\">d. the feeling of abandonment by God<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8e\">e. \u201cmy\u201d friend, the enemy<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8f\">f. the community's opposition<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8g\">g. God\u2019s delay<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8h\">h. God as the one who has caused \u201cmy\u201d problem<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.9\">13.9. Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.10\">13.10. Exercises for Chapter 13<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/\">14. The Genres of Wisdom Literatures<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.1\">14.1. Wisdom in the Bible<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.2\">14.2. The Characters of Wisdom Literature<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3\">14.3. The Genres of Wisdom Literature<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3a\">a. the proverb<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3b\">b. the wisdom monologue or instruction<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3c\">c. the phrase: Happy is the one who\u2026<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3d\">d. wisdom psalms<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.4\">14.4. Exercises for Chapter 14<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/\">15. Prophetic Genres<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.1\">15.1. The Prophets as Bearers of God\u2019s Word<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.2\">15.2 The Call Narrative<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.3\">15.3. The Messenger Formula<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4\">15.4. Oracles and Speeches<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4a\">a. judgment oracles and speeches<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4b\">b. salvation oracles<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4c\">c. the warning and the call to repentance<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.5\">15.5. Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.6\">15.6. Exercises for Chapter 15<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/16-an-afterword-on-meaning\/\">16. An Afterword: Finding Meaning<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/16-an-afterword-on-meaning\/#16.1\">16.1. What did the biblical text mean?<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/16-an-afterword-on-meaning\/#16.2\">16.2. What did the biblical text come to mean?<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/16-an-afterword-on-meaning\/#16.3\">16.3. What does a biblical text mean?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/back-matter\/glossary\/\">Glossary<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/back-matter\/scripture-references\/\">Scripture References<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/back-matter\/selected-bibliography\/\">Selected Bibliography<\/a>","rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/front-matter\/introduction\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/\">1. Some Basic Ideas<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.1\">1.1. Tradition and Creativity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.2\">1.2. The Poet\u2019s Intention and the Poem\u2019s Autonomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3\">1.3. The Connections of Association and Likeness<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3a\">a. association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.3b\">b. likeness and sameness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4\">1.4. A Close Reading of a Poem: Basic Strategies<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4a\">a. Read the poem and get a clear sense of what it says.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4b\">b. Give some attention to the speaker.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4c\">c. Look carefully at the words on the page..<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4d\">d. Look for connections and patterns.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/basicideas\/#1.4e\">e. What strikes you as the most important line today?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-i-the-craft-of-biblical-poetry\">Part I: The Craft of Biblical Poetry<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/\">2. The Idea of Parallelism<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.1\">2.1. Robert Lowth, <em>De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum<\/em> (1710-1787)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.2\">2.2. James Kugel, <em>The Idea of Biblical Poetry<\/em> (1981)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.3\">2.3. Robert Alter, <em>The Art of Biblical Poetry<\/em> (1985)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.4\">2.4. Wilfred G.E. Watson, <em>Classical Hebrew Poetry <\/em>(1985)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.5\">2.5. Adele Berlin, <em>The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism<\/em> (1985, 2008)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.6\">2.6. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp, <em>On Biblical Poetry<\/em> (2015)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/2parallelism\/#2.7\">2.7. Exercises for Chapter 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/\">3. Repetition<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.1\">3.1. Stress and Meter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.2\">3.2. Rhyme and the Repetition of Sound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3\">3.3. The Function of Repetition<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3a\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">a. emphasis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3b\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">b. <\/span>design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.3c\">c. time<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4\">3.4. Strategies of Repeating Sameness<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4a\">a.\u00a0 keywords<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4b\">b. inclusio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4c\">c. anaphora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4d\">d. refrain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.4e\">e. alphabetic psalm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/repetition\/#3.5\">3.5 Exercises for Chapter 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/\">4. Word Pairs: The Building Blocks of Parallelism<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.1\">4.1. Word Pairs: Natural, Cultural, and Personal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2\">4.2. Similar Pairs<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2a\">a. pairs with the same word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2b\">b. pairs of similar words<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2c\">c. pairs of contrasting words<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.2d\">d. a word with an explanatory phrase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3\">4.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Pairs with Associated Words<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3a\">a. pairs with words from the same cognitive domain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3b\">b. the general and the specific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3c\">c. pairs of the whole and the part<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.3d\">d. merismus: half &amp; half or polar pair<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.4\">4.4. Sequential Pairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.5\">4.5. Lists of 3 and 3+1, 7 and 7+1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/word-pairs\/#4.6\">4.6. Exercises for Chapter 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/\">5. Parallel Lines: Similarity and Sequence<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1\">5.1. Similar Parallelism<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1a\">a. similar ideas without parallel word pairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1b\">b. the full similarity of ideas, words, and even grammar: abc || abc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1c\">c. elliptical parallelism: abc || bc or a variation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1d\">d. parallelism with substitution: abc || bdc and the like<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1e\">e. apposition: abc | a or abc | b or abc | c<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1f\">f. repetition of one or more element(s): ab || ac or the like<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1g\">g. chiasm: ab || ba<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1h\">h. contrasting parallelism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.1i\">i. a group of three-line: a tercet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2\">5.2. Sequential Parallelism<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2a\">a. the second line grammatically completing the first<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2b\">b. lines of sequential actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2c\">c. an independent clause and a subordinate clause or vice versa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2d\">d. statement and quotation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.2e\">e. statement and question<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3\">5.3. The Combination of Similarity and Sequence<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3a\">a. the difference of similar words: abc || abc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3b\">b. substitution with a new element: abc || abd etc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3c\">c. step parallelism: ab || bc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.3d\">d. Janus parallelism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.4\">5.4. Stanzas and Larger Groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/5parallel-lines\/#5.5\">5.5. Exercises for Chapter 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-ii-poetry-and-language\/\">Part II: Poetry and Language<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/\">6. Literal Language<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.1\">6.1. Literal language<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.2\">6.2. Cognitive Domain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.3\">6.3. Denotation and Connotation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/6literal-language\/#6.4\">6.4. Exercises for Chapter 6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/\">7. Metonymy: Connection by Association<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.1\">7.1. A Definition of Metonymy: X for Y<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.2\">7.2. The Importance of Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.3\">7.3. Some Examples of Metonymy in the Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/7metonymy\/#7.4\">7.4 Exercises for Chapter 7 on Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/\">8. Metaphor: Connection by Likeness<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.1\">8.1. The Definition of Metaphor: A is (like) B<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.2\">8.2. Implied Metaphors: Unless the LORD builds the house.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.3\">8.3. Wide and Narrow Metaphors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.4\">8.4. Paul Ricoeur: Live and Dead Metaphors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.5\">8.5. Lakoff &amp; Johnson: Metaphors as Conceptual Frameworks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.6\">8.6. Some Metaphors That the Bible Lives By<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.7\">8.7. Metaphor and Metonymy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/8metaphor\/#8.8\">8.8. Exercises for Chapter 8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/\">9. Other Non-Literal Language With a Note on Hebrew and Greek<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.1\">9.1. Irony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.2\">9.2. Overstatement or Hyperbole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.3\">9.3. Understatement or Litotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.4\">9.4. Multiplicity or Ambiguity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.5\">9.5. <span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The Hebrew and Greek Languages: Some Brief Notes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/9irony-etc\/#9.6\">9.6. Exercises for Chapter 9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/excursus-close-reading-of-psalm-23\">Excursus: A Close Reading of Psalm 23<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/part\/part-iii-genres\/\">Part III: Genre: The Types of Biblical Poems<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/10lyric\/\">10. The Lyric and Biblical Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/10lyric\/#10.1\">10.1. Exercise for Chapter 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/\">11. Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.1\">11.1. Praise and Thanksgiving in Ordinary Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2\">11.2. Hymns of Praise<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2a\">a. the call for others to praise: a command or an invitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2b\">b. the psalmist\u2019s vow of praise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2c\">c. statements about God as the reason for praise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.2d\">d. the formula: Blessed be God!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.3\">11.3. The Thanksgiving Hymn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/11hymns-of-praise-thanksgiving\/#11.4\">11.4. Exercises for Chapter 11<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/\">12. Narrative and Implied Narrative<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1\">12.1. Plot<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1a\">a. basic plots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.1b\">b. implied narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.2\">12.2. Characters: Flat &amp; Round, Traditional &amp; Realistic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.3\">12.3. Other Entities: Literal and Significant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.4\">12.4. Time and Place in the Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.5\">12.5. The Narrator or Storyteller, Author, and Worldview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.6\">12.6. Narrative Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.7\">12.7. The Performer and the Audience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/12narrative\/#12.8\">12.8. Exercises for Chapter 12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/\">13. Laments: the Prayer Psalms or Psalms of Petition<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.1\">13.1. Petitions in Ordinary Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.2\">13.2. Prayer Psalms as Dramatic Monologue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.3\">13.3. The Stock Plot of the Prayer Psalms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.4\">13.4. The Stock Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.5\">13.5. The Prayer Psalm in One Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.6\">13.6. The Prayer Psalm in Two Acts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7\">13.7. The Basic Elements of the Prayer Psalms<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7a\">a. the call or invocation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7b\">b. a description of God<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7c\">c. a description of the psalmist\u2019s situation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7d\">d. the petition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7e\">e. the purpose and result of the petition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7f\"> f. statements of trust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7g\">g. questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7h\">h. bartering with God and vows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.7i\">i. thanksgiving<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8\">13.8. Realism and the Laments<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8a\">a. the depth of emotion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8b\">b. theologies different than ours<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8c\">c. the psalmist as a sinner and therefore the cause of the problem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8d\">d. the feeling of abandonment by God<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8e\">e. \u201cmy\u201d friend, the enemy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8f\">f. the community&#8217;s opposition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8g\">g. God\u2019s delay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.8h\">h. God as the one who has caused \u201cmy\u201d problem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.9\">13.9. Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/13-laments\/#13.10\">13.10. Exercises for Chapter 13<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/\">14. The Genres of Wisdom Literatures<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.1\">14.1. Wisdom in the Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.2\">14.2. The Characters of Wisdom Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3\">14.3. The Genres of Wisdom Literature<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3a\">a. the proverb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3b\">b. the wisdom monologue or instruction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3c\">c. the phrase: Happy is the one who\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.3d\">d. wisdom psalms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/14-wisdom-genres\/#14.4\">14.4. Exercises for Chapter 14<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/\">15. Prophetic Genres<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.1\">15.1. The Prophets as Bearers of God\u2019s Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.2\">15.2 The Call Narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.3\">15.3. The Messenger Formula<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4\">15.4. Oracles and Speeches<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4a\">a. judgment oracles and speeches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4b\">b. salvation oracles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.4c\">c. the warning and the call to repentance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.5\">15.5. Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/15-prophetic-genres\/#15.6\">15.6. Exercises for Chapter 15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/elementsofbiblicalpoetry\/chapter\/16-an-afterword-on-meaning\/\">16. 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