The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History by James KugelOffers a thorough history of the idea of biblical poetry, starting with Philo of Alexandria and Josephus in the first century C.E. and charting its development through the Church Fathers, medieval Jewish writers, the Christian Hebraists of the Renaissance, and on into modern times.
Reading Biblical Poetry by J. P. FokkelmanA companion to Reading Biblical Narrative, this volume provides an authoritative introduction and overview to biblical poetry. Fokkelman describes in step-by-step fashion how the poets produced their poetry.
Call Number: Marvin Pope Biblical Studies Room, Vol. 24e
The Book of Amos by M. Daniel Carroll R.What makes this volume unique is its special attention to Amos's literary features and what they reveal about the book's theology and composition. Instead of reconstructing a hypothetical redactional history, this commentary offers a close reading of the canonical form against the backdrop of the eighth century BCE.