01281ctm a2200241 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120070003000290080041000320100017000730200021000900400018001110500022001290820018001511000027001692450070001962600054002663000024003203500011003445040041003555050616003966300027010121339405OSt20250605142259.0ta170629s1971 inu b 001 0 eng  a 79098984  a0253166551 (Hbk) aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBS1192b.G65 197100a221 Gor 1971 1 aGordis, Robert,d1908-10aPoets, prophets, and sages :bessays in Biblical interpretation / aBloomington, :bIndiana University Press,c[1971] ax, 436 p. ;c24 cm. a$15.00 aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aThe Bible: its origin, growth, and meaning.--Primitive democracy in ancient Israel.--The structure of Biblical poetry.--The heptad as an element of Biblical and rabbinic style.--Quotations in Biblical, oriental, and rabbinic literature.--The social background of wisdom literature.--The knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls.--The composition and structure of Amos.--Hosea's marriage and message.--Isaiah: prophet, thinker, world statesman.--Micah's vision of the end-time.--All men's book: the book of Job.--The temptation of Job.--The wisdom of Koheleth.--The Song of songs.00aBible.pOld Testament.