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Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (Continued)

Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (Continued) FORM AND STRUCTURE IN ANCIENT HEBREW POETRY (CONTINUED) BY HANS KOSMALA Jerusalem, Isr. The following article is a continuation of the study on form and structure in Biblical Hebrew poetry published in this journal XIV, 4, 1964, pp. 423-445. It is not exactly its "second" part, much less its conclusion, as we can again deal only with further selections from the vast material. The majority is taken from Isaiah. The examples are of special interest as they show that there is some hope in the new approach not only to come nearer to or even to establish the original text of a poetic piece but also to gain an insight into the ways in which additions have been made and of what type they are. On the whole the poems are well preserved within the MT, far better than the text critics of our time have surmised. Omissions are rare, but accretions of various kinds abound. The custom that words or even whole phrases have been "added to the word or taken from it" in the course of transmission, oral or literary, was well known in the Orient already in ancient times. Deut. iv 2 is a comparatively http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (Continued)

Kosmala, Hans
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 16 (2): 152 – Jan 1, 1966
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© 1966 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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10.1163/156853366X00025
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FORM AND STRUCTURE IN ANCIENT HEBREW POETRY (CONTINUED) BY HANS KOSMALA Jerusalem, Isr. The following article is a continuation of the study on form and structure in Biblical Hebrew poetry published in this journal XIV, 4, 1964, pp. 423-445. It is not exactly its "second" part, much less its conclusion, as we can again deal only with further selections from the vast material. The majority is taken from Isaiah. The examples are of special interest as they show that there is some hope in the new approach not only to come nearer to or even to establish the original text of a poetic piece but also to gain an insight into the ways in which additions have been made and of what type they are. On the whole the poems are well preserved within the MT, far better than the text critics of our time have surmised. Omissions are rare, but accretions of various kinds abound. The custom that words or even whole phrases have been "added to the word or taken from it" in the course of transmission, oral or literary, was well known in the Orient already in ancient times. Deut. iv 2 is a comparatively

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