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Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Differentiating Pragmatics and Poetics is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Everyone acquainted with the Hebrew Bible will be aware how the language of its poetry has an altogether different character from that of its prose. In the area of grammar features such as the less frequent usage of the definite article הַ, the object marker אֵת, and the relative pronoun readily come to mind as being characteristic of the poetic genre. Other elements common to prose,
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