Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

William J. Urbrock. "Oral Antecedents to Job: A Survey of Formulas and Formulaic Systems." In Oral Tradition and Old Testament Studies. Ed. Robert C. Culley. Special issue of Semeia, 5, i:111-37.

Finds various kinds of formulas and formulaic patterns in the poetry of Job, phraseology that recurs (often with variation) both in Job and elsewhere in the Old Testament. Posits a traditional oral song-cycle behind the present text of Job. Compare Urbrock 1972.
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