How Long to Read Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms

How Long Does it Take to Read Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 36 minutes to read Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms by J. P. Fokkelman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Volume III: The Remaining 65 Psalms Each of the 85 Psalms (83 poems) discussed in the previous volume of Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible has the highly remarkable feature of scoring an exact integer as the average number of syllables per colon; sometimes seven or nine, more often eight, which may be called the central normative figure of Biblical poetry. This can only mean that the classical poets did count their syllables. Moreover, they succeeded in bringing about a creative merger between various forms of numerical perfection and the structure of their songs, which is generally underpinned by the correct articulation in strophes and stanzas. The breakthrough of this discovery became possible on the basis of (a) a refined recipe for establishing the original (i.e. pre-Masoretic) syllable structure of the ancient Hebrew, and (b) a definition of the colon. In those poems in which the correct colometry is difficult to delimit, it can be established only by a three-pronged approach tackling syntax, prosody and semantics and able to combine them. In this third volume, the 65 remaining Psalms are subject of structural analysis, and once more are covered by full syllable counts. Although these songs do not seek to apply the exact integers, they display the other forms of numerical perfection on more than one textual level, so that they embody the same poetics. This will be no different in volume IV, which deals with Job 15-42 and will be published as the final volume in the Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible project.

How long is Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms?

Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms by J. P. Fokkelman is 446 pages long, and a total of 114,176 words.

This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 140% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 23 minutes to read Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms aloud.

What Reading Level is Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms?

Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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