Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <davidlwashburn AT gmail.com>]

To answer Bryant's question, the main reason I don't include poetry when I'm
studying grammar and syntax is because, in every language I've ever looked
at, poetry essentially makes its own rules and doesn't really "obey" general
rules of the language's grammar. It's just my own view, but poetry is not
the place to understand a language's syntax.

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:32 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Dera Bryant:
>
> I wonder how applicable is the development of Tiberian chant to a study of
> Biblical Hebrew poetry? Is it possible, after centuries of linguistic
> change, that the two are only distantly related? The difficulty here is
> that
> the earliest datable example of poetry (Exodus 15) is over two millennia
> removed from the earliest example of Tiberian chant. And if we take Genesis
> 1 as poetry, it is still another millennium and a half older.
>
> But it is true that so much of Tanakh is poetry.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> It is 16 pages. It begins with an Introduction (page 1), then he gives with
> > a little music lesson dealing with Singing, Chant, Intonation in ordinary
> > speech (pp. 2-6). On page 6 Dresher begins the introduction material on
> > Hebrew Chant with "Recitation formulas: psalm tones;" and continues until
> > the end with the fundamentals between Gregorian and Hebrew Chant styles
> both
> > in similarities and differences.
> >
> > Now, my statement and then the list can go at it.
> >
> > It seems to me that in discussion of grammar and syntax of BH, we have
> > written about the narrative, but not the poetical side of BH. I find that
> > this is an interesting omission since roughly half of the Tanakh is
> poetry.
> > Look at the Writings and the Latter Prophets which are continuously using
> > poetic devises in order get the message out. I would like to see if any
> of
> > us on the list would be able to say in Dresher is correct on what he is
> > saying in his article about the similarities and differences between
> > Gregorian and Hebrew Chant. I would also go a little further and say that
> > the Protestant Reformation especially the English Reformation contributed
> > greatly to the metrical reading, singing and chanting of the Psalms; also
> > some other passages.
> >
> > If possible, give a link to any sources otherwise note the complete
> source
> > information.
> >
> > Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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