"Tell me, o muse"; the Song of Deborah (Judges 5) in the light of heroic poetry.9780567026941 "Tell me, o muse Muse In Greco-Roman religion and myth, any of a group of sister goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). A festival was held in their honour every four years near Mount Helicon, the centre of their cult in Greece. "; the Song of Deborah (Judges 5) in the light of heroic poetry Noun 1. heroic poetry - poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero epic poetry poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form . Echols, Charles L. T&T Clark 2008 241 pages $130.00 Hardcover Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies; 487 BS1305 The Song clearly praises Yahweh, the Israelites, and Jael for defeating the Sisera and the Canaanite forces, but nearly everything else about it remains disputed, says Echols. He focuses here on its genre, though he does consider how establishing a genre might clear up some others issues, such as purpose, authorship, and so on. He argues that it has been reworked from an original heroic victory song. The poet realizes the decisive role Yahweh played by intervening through the natural elements, he says, but deliberately obfuscates his role in order to keep the human characters in the forefront and praise them for their heroic deeds deed n. 1. Something that is carried out; an act or action. 2. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit. 3. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most. . He submitted an earlier version of the study to the University of Cambridge in 2005 as his Ph.D. dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. . T&T Clark is an imprint im·print tr.v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints 1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure. 2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure. 3. of Continuum. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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