Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Stanley Gevirtz. Patterns in the Early Poetry of Israel. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, 32. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Rpt. 1973.

Analyzes the use of traditionally fixed pairs of parallel words as a stylistic device in Hebrew literature. Explicates five pre-Solomonic poems or portions of poems from this perspective.
Area: HB, BI