Sweeter than honey, richer than gold : a guided study of biblical poetry /
Leland Ryken.
- Wooster, OH : Weaver Book Company, 2015
- 128 p ;
- 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?
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Bible.--Old Testament--Language, style. Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.