Sweeter than honey, richer than gold : a guided study of biblical poetry /
Leland Ryken.
- 128 pages ; 23 cm.
- Reading the Bible as literature .
Includes bibliographical references.
The language poets use -- First things first: the primacy of the image -- How is A like B? the use of metaphor and simile -- Make believe: poetry and the nonliteral -- Artistic beauty: the parallelism of biblical poetry -- The composition of biblical poems -- What we need to know about biblical poems -- Putting all the pieces together: how to "explicate" a biblical poem -- What are the main types of psalms?
9781941337370 1941337376
2015006571
Bible.--Old Testament--Language, style. Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.