Reviews
This book is highly useful not only for sermons but also for public speeches. In fact, it analyzes speeches alongside sermons. It presents the principles of how the figurative language and parallelism frequently used by Hebrew poets evoke emotion, inspiration, and vitality in modern sermons and speeches. Beyond analyzing these techniques, the book also demonstrates how to effectively utilize them in contemporary sermons and speeches. This book is completely different from traditional homiletics
This book was of great help as it taught me how to effectively apply the literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry, such as figurative language and parallelism, to sermons. Unlike homiletics who merely appeal to the imagination, I appreciated that the author, as an expert in this field, introduced specific methods for interpreting figurative language and applying them to modern sermons. Regarding parallelism, it was also very helpful because it taught how to apply the principles of various
It's good, informative, and fun.
It feels like we have been gifted the freshness of Hebrew thought, accustomed to Hellenistic thinking.
This book presents the definitions and explanations of pictorial language and parallelism—the most important elements of preaching—along with methodologies for applying them. When I first encountered pictorial language and parallelism, I felt they were unfamiliar and questioned how these two elements could be helpful in preaching. However, after reading the book thoroughly to the end and closing it, I realized, "Ah, this is how preaching should be done," and simultaneously understood that
Kim Jin-kyu: Learning to Preach from a Hebrew Poet
In *Learning to Preach from Hebrew Poets*, Professor Kim Jin-kyu, an expert on the poetic books who has deeply studied Hebrew poetry in the Old Testament, has fully captured in this book not only the academic establishment of figurative language and parallelism but also methods for applying them in the field of preaching. Even preachers who lack innate linguistic talent can learn these principles and apply them from the pulpit.
Korean title: 히브리 시인에게 설교를 배우다
Korean author: 김진규
Korean publisher: 생명의말씀사
ISBN-13: 9788904071319
Reviews
This book is highly useful not only for sermons but also for public speeches. In fact, it analyzes speeches alongside sermons. It presents the principles of how the figurative language and parallelism frequently used by Hebrew poets evoke emotion, inspiration, and vitality in modern sermons and speeches. Beyond analyzing these techniques, the book also demonstrates how to effectively utilize them in contemporary sermons and speeches. This book is completely different from traditional homiletics
This book was of great help as it taught me how to effectively apply the literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry, such as figurative language and parallelism, to sermons. Unlike homiletics who merely appeal to the imagination, I appreciated that the author, as an expert in this field, introduced specific methods for interpreting figurative language and applying them to modern sermons. Regarding parallelism, it was also very helpful because it taught how to apply the principles of various
It's good, informative, and fun.
It feels like we have been gifted the freshness of Hebrew thought, accustomed to Hellenistic thinking.
This book presents the definitions and explanations of pictorial language and parallelism—the most important elements of preaching—along with methodologies for applying them. When I first encountered pictorial language and parallelism, I felt they were unfamiliar and questioned how these two elements could be helpful in preaching. However, after reading the book thoroughly to the end and closing it, I realized, "Ah, this is how preaching should be done," and simultaneously understood that
