A poetic analysis of the book of Obadiah
This paper presents a stichometric and poetic analysis of the book of Obadiah. It treats the whole book as a poetic composition and identifies nine stanzas with sixteen strophes. It discusses the poetic characteristics and cohesion of the different units such as verse lines, strophes, and stanzas. T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2003
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2003, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 653-667 |
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| Summary: | This paper presents a stichometric and poetic analysis of the book of Obadiah. It treats the whole book as a poetic composition and identifies nine stanzas with sixteen strophes. It discusses the poetic characteristics and cohesion of the different units such as verse lines, strophes, and stanzas. The article reaches conclusions on the literary strategy and intended effect that the book of Obadiah probably was supposed to have on its first audience(s). |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85589 |