tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post6067427338996819372..comments2023-06-05T05:23:40.380-07:00Comments on Dust: A reading of ObadiahBob MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-78002761060883351332015-03-05T00:11:56.744-08:002015-03-05T00:11:56.744-08:00The next post tests Raabe's statements. http:/...The next post tests Raabe's statements. http://meafar.blogspot.ca/2015/03/is-it-possible-to-define-poetry.htmlBob MacDonaldhttp://meafar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-44244617346475143382015-03-04T17:48:15.992-08:002015-03-04T17:48:15.992-08:00Thank you Tim for the reference. I enjoyed your 5-...Thank you Tim for the reference. I enjoyed your 5-minute Bible as I always do when I take the time to listen! I agree that verses 3 and 4 have some hyperbole and it is amusing. It is reflected by allusion perhaps in Milton "High on a throne of royal state,..." at the beginning of Paradise Lost Book 2, himself mocked by Pope in the Dunciad "High on a gorgeous seat, that far outshoneBob MacDonaldhttp://meafar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904882182453392367.post-26755833258372521252015-03-04T13:38:24.377-08:002015-03-04T13:38:24.377-08:00A couple of quibbles/questions:
On poetry, my as...A couple of quibbles/questions: <br /><br />On poetry, my assumption (to declare it at the start) is that prose and poetry are (almost) always on a continuum, and that this is especially true of biblical Hebrew, doe this mean then just that you and Raabe are placing the definitional boundaries in different places? If so rather than asking: Is there poetry in Obadiah? the question becomes: What isTim Bulkeleynoreply@blogger.com