Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT origin.chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear friends,

the NIV indents some verses as poetry, but not others. e.g., genesis 1:27, 
but not surrounding verses.  why?  what theory of poetry vs prose permits 
this??

again, what makes the curses in genesis 3 poetry, but the rest not? it's 
not 4/4/4 like genesis 1:27?

also, is there not a separate study of "genesis poetry" around? if not, 
why not? if so, is it recent...?

just thinking....
V
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Dr Vincent DeCaen
Research Associate
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative (HSEI)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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