Cantos and Strophes in Biblical Hebrew Poetry III: Psalms 90–150 and Psalm 1

About the Author Pieter van der Lugt, Ph.D. (1980), Theological University of Kampen, the Netherlands. His publications deal with the rhetorical structure of Hebrew poetry and include Rhetorical Criticism and the Poetry of the Book of Job (OTS 32, Brill, 1995) and Cantos and Strophes in Biblical Hebrew Poetry I, II, and III (OTS 53/57/63, Brill, 2006/2010/2013). Product Description Formal and thematic devices demonstrate that Hebrew poetry is composed of a consistent pattern of cantos (stanzas) and strophes. The formal devices include quantitative balance on the level of cantos in terms of the number of verselines, verbal repetitions and transition markers.