Book Description

Title:

Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, 3rd edn.

Author:

Robert Lowth [1710-1787]

Publication Year:

1753, 1835

Location:

London

Publisher:

Thomas Tegg

Pages:

415

Subjects:

Hermeneutics, Psalms, Poetry, Old Testament Prophecy, Figures of Speech

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Table of Contents

• Translator's Preface
• The Author's Preface Prefixed to the Second Edition
• Lecture I. Of the Uses and Design of Poetry
• Lecture II. The Design and Arrangement of These Lectures
• The First Part. of the Hebrew Metre
• Lecture III. The Hebrew Peotry is Metrical
• The Second Part. Of the Parabolic or Poetical Style of the Hebrews
• Lecture IV. The Origin, Use, and Characteristics of the Parabolic, and Also of the Sententious Style
• Lecture V. Of the Figurative Style, and its Divisions
• Lecture VI. On Poetic Imagery from the Objects of Nature
• Lecture VII. Of Poetic Imagery from Common Life
• Lecture VIII. Of Poetic Imagery from Sacred Topics
• Lecture IX. Of Poetic Imagery from the Sacred History
• Lecture X. Of Allegory
• Lecture XI. Of the Mystical Allegory
• Lecture XII. Of the Comparison
• Lecture XIII. Of the Prosopoœia, or Personfication
• Lecture XIV. Of the Sublime in General, and of Sublimity of Expression in Particular
• Lecture XV. Of Sublimity of Expression
• Lecture XVI. Of Sublimity of Sentiment
• Lecture XVII. Of the Sublime of Passion
• The Third part. Of thr Different S[ecies of Poetry Extant in the Writings of the Hebrews. Of Prophetical Poetry
• Lecture XVIII. The Writings of the Prophets are in General Poetical
• Lecture XIX. The Prophetic Poetry is Sententious
• Lecture XX. The General Characteristics of the Prophetic Poetry
• Lecture XXI. The Peculiar Character of Each of the Prophets
• Of Elegiac Poetry
• Lecture XXII. Of the Nature and Origin of the Hebrew Elegy; and of the Lamentations of Jeremiah
• Lecture XXIII. Of the Remaining Elegies of the Hebrews
• Of Didactic Poetry
• Lecture Lecture XXIV. Of the Proverbs, or Didactic Peotry of the Hebrews
• Of Lyric Poetry
• Lecture XXV. Of the Hebrew Ode in General; and First of that Class, the Characteristics of Which are Sweetness and Elegance
• Lecture XXVI. The Intermediate or Mixed Style of the Hebrew Ode
• Lecture XXVII. Of the Sublime Style of the Hebrew Ode
• Lecture XXVIII. The Sublime Style of the Hebrew Ode
• Of the Idyllium or Hymn
• Lecture XXIX. Of the Idyllium of the Hebrews
• Of Dramatic Poetry
• Lecture XXX. The Song of Solomon Not a Regular Drama
• Lecture XXXI. Of the Subject and Style of Solomon's Song
• Lecture XXXII. Of the Poem of Job
• Lecture XXXIII. The Poem of Job Not a Perfect Drama
• Lecture XXXIV. Of the Manners, Sentiments, and Style of the Poem of Job

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