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Questions about biblical texts belonging to the genre of Poetry, or ambiguous texts that may or may not be poetic
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Is Genesis 1 a type of Hebrew Poem?
As the question recognises, Hebrew poetry is very different from Western poetry and thus difficult to recognise initially. We have to look for parallel ideas, rather than rhyme and rhythm. … Benner ('Poetry in the Hebrew Bible') finds multiple levels of poetry in the first creation story (Genesis 1:1-2:3). …