Download or read book The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible written by Susan E. Gillingham and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on the poetry of the Hebrew Bible. After considering the essential elements of Hebrew verse, it looks at the most familiar poems - the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, and the poetry in Job and Proverbs - as well as at less familiar examples of poems which by contrast are embedded in narrative such as war poetry, harvest hymns, elegies, prayers of protest, and thanksgiving songs.