Part 2 Exegesis of Psalms 120:5-7 song of ascent
Part 2 Exegesis of Psalms - 120:5-7 song of ascent I want to begin with the reminder that in each culture and language poetry will have its unique style and form which is peculiar to itself. I am trying to identify the Hebrew sublime and pathetic. Which are not completely incongruitous with the Greek forms, those with which we have more awareness of in line with the ideas expressed by those such as Burke and Kant. Though our catalogue of figures of speech has its origin in the Greek and Latin, the tropes and figures, subdivisions and denominations in which my purpose is in distinguishing them and identifying them - still the present agenda is to explain the sentiments of the Hebrew and not the Greek. To mark the peculiar style of the Hebrew poet and distinguish between ancient Hebrew styles. The purpose of Hebrew poetry at its core, is to instruct and give pleasure. As Lowthe says, 'instruction being the end, and pleasure the means'. Each species of poetry will have its uniq...