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Meeting Program Units

2022 Annual Meeting

Denver, Colorado

Meeting Begins11/19/2022
Meeting Ends11/22/2022

Call for Papers Opens: 1/19/2022
Call for Papers Closes: 3/18/2022

Requirements for Participation

Biblical Hebrew Poetry


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Biblical Hebrew Poetry will be holding four sessions (two invited and two open): (1) Emotions in the Psalter (joint with the Book of Psalms), (2) Cognitive Poetics (joint with Cognitive Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew), (3) Reading Biblical Hebrew Poetry and the World in Front of the Text, and (4) an open general session. (1). "Emotions in the Psalter" (joint with the Book of Psalms): Biblical Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms will be hosting a joint session on emotions in the Psalter. This session focuses on the interactions of poetry and emotion in individual psalms or groups of psalms. We are particularly interested in papers that present clear methodologies for examining the relationship of poetry and emotion. Draft presentation papers will be due Sep 25, 2022. (2). "Cognitive Poetics" (joint with Cognitive Linguistics): The invited panel will discuss the approach to biblical poetry using cognitive poetics presented in Emmylou Grosser’s Unparalleled Poetry: A Cognitive Approach to the Free-Rhythm Verse of the Hebrew Bible (OUP) and reflect on further steps of theory and method for engaging in the subjective enterprise of biblical poetry interpretation – in terms of both poetic structure (i.e., lineation) and the relationship between the poetic line and poetic effects. (3). "Reading Biblical Hebrew Poetry and the World in Front of the Text": Historically the study of biblical Hebrew poetry has focused on the world behind the text and the world of the text. Increasingly scholars point to starting with the world in front of the text. Such approaches place the issues facing the world today as a locus for interpretation of biblical Hebrew poetry. The goal of this session will be to explore methodologies that begin with the world in front of the text as a starting point to address arising social issues. This session includes 4 invited papers and a respondent. (4). General open session: We invite general papers regarding any aspect of Biblical Hebrew Poetry.

Program Unit Chairs

Beth M. Stovell
Jeffery M. Leonard

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