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"Like a Lone Bird on a Roof": Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms

Contributor(s): Forti, Tova L (Author)

ISBN: 9781575069654

Publisher: Eisenbrauns

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Pub Date: April 15, 2018

Dewey: 223.2064

LCCN: 2018007167

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.00" L x 6.10" W ( 0.48 lbs) 128 pages

Series: Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible

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Description:

Explores the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in the Bible, with particular attention to the structural and stylistic features of that imagery in the Book of Psalms.

Brief description: Tova L. Forti is Associate Professor in the Department of Bible Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the author of Animal Imagery in the Book of Proverbs.

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"Overall, [Forti] displays commendable consistency in her approach to metaphors. Her work may serve as a useful methodological tool for any future research into metaphors in the Psalms."

--Juan Cruz, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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