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  <tableOfContents>The dynamics of parallelism -- From line to story -- Structures of intensification -- Truth and poetry in the book of Job -- Forms of faith in Psalms -- Prophecy and poetry -- The poetry of wit -- The garden of metaphor -- The life of the tradition</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert Alter</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and indexes</note>
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