Download or read book The Function of Story in the Hebrew Psalter written by Rebecca W. Poe Hays and published by Lexington Books / Fortress Academic. This book was released on 2021 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores places where the typically non-narrative poetry of the Hebrew Psalter breaks into stories and considers how the inclusion of these stories in ancient Israel's worship texts contributes to the rhetorical power of the psalms in ways distinct from other poetic devices.