Biblical Sound and Sense

Download or read book Biblical Sound and Sense written by Thomas p. McCreesh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first chapter of this unusual and instructive work shows how the study of sound patterns in Old Testament Hebrew poetry is integral to the investigation of bublical poetry. Then several chapters describe and systematize the sound patterns, beginning with simpler examples of assonance and alliteration. The analysis gradually moves on to more complex configurations which link words and phrases, emphasize key words, mark off syntactical and semantic units, and highlight word repetition and word play. A relationship between sound pattern and meaning in each proverb is shown throughout.