HEBREW 207 / HDS 1634 – Biblical Poetry and Poetics: Fundamental Issues and Advanced Topics

HEBREW 207 – Biblical Poetry and Poetics: Fundamental Issues and Advanced Topics

Semester: Spring
Offered: 2022
Instructor: Andrew Teeter
Meeting Time: T 3:00pm-5:00pm

A systematic introduction to the poetics of biblical poetry, with a focus on foundational theoretical issues, considered in the context of major critical debates within the current state of the field, and combined with sustained close reading of textual examples in Hebrew. The course presumes basic proficiency with Biblical Hebrew. Minimum of one year of Hebrew required.

Offered jointly with Harvard Divinity School as HDS 1634

For more details please visit the Harvard Course Catalog.