TY - BOOK AU - Ryken,Leland TI - Sweeter than honey, richer than gold: a guided study of biblical poetry T2 - Reading the Bible as literature SN - 1683591542 AV - BS1405.52 .R95 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Wooster, OH PB - Weaver Book Company KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Language, style KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical KW - History and criticism N1 - 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? ER -