Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Differentiating Progmatics and Poetics - Couverture souple

Lunn, Nicholas P

 
9781597529594: Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Differentiating Progmatics and Poetics
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ISBN 10 : 1597529591 ISBN 13 : 9781597529594
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

This study tackles the neglected subject of word order in biblical Hebrew poetry. The fact that the order of clause constituents frequently differs from that found in prose has often been noted, but no systematic attempt has been offered by way of explanation. Here two separate factors are taken into consideration, that of purely poetic variation (defamiliarisation), and that of pragmatic markedness. The former is common to the poetic genre. In the latter case there is a discernible significance in the positioning of the words that has implications with respect to the matters of topic and focus. Using Lambrecht's theory of information structure and building on the insights of previous studies in biblical Hebrew narrative the present volume shows that marked topic and focus structures in Old Testament poetry are identical to those found in prose and are distinguishable from defamiliarised word order by means of the environment in which the latter is found. Here the common phenomenon of parallelism is seen to be an important factor in providing a secondary line in which defamiliarisation may freely occur. This work offers a new approach to the poetry of the Old Testament that will be an aid towards more accurate translation, exegesis, and discourse analysis of poetic texts.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicholas P. Lunn is a Senior Translation Consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has worked on Old and New Testament translations in East African languages and is currently assigned to translation projects in Western Asia. He first studied for degrees in Biblical Studies and Semitic Languages at the University of Manchester and was later awarded his PhD in Hebrew at the London School of Theology.

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1597529591
ISBN 13 
9781597529594
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
414
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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