Looking for a book on the literary devices used in the Bible

I am looking for suggestions on a resource that teaches all the literary devices/techniques used in the Bible.
For example:
1) inclusio: also known as bracketing or parenthetical inclusion
"This is my beloved Son" Matthew 3:17 with Matthew 17:5
2) parallelism: used extensively in the Psalms : my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you (Ps 63:1)
3) allusions: "have you not read..." (Matt 19:4 to Gen 1:27)

Does such a book exist in Logos? I would prefer a Catholic resource, but a resource like this should be non-denominational (teaching Biblical grammar not commentary).

Peace be with you,

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Ken McGuire

Not aware of anything good from Logos, but Robert Alter's books are pretty good. Of course, they are Hebrew Bible only...

Lonnie Spencer

You may want to take a look at this resource

"Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible" by Leland Ryken

https://www.logos.com/product/5332/words-of-delight-a-literary-introduction-to-the-bible-2nd-ed

DMB

Sorry, but I just had to chuckle over the insistance that literary devices are grammatical.

Literary devices are the absolute essense of theological debate. Without the devices, the humans would be hardpressed to describe the divine.

TCBlack

For a starter only I would look at the Literary ESV. It does not serve as a literary commentary on the Bible, but only points to several literary devices. Still it is a fine place to begin.

Jack Caviness

I am looking for suggestions on a resource that teaches all the literary devices/techniques used in the Bible.

For starters, I would take a look at Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis by Steven Runge

Rosie Perera

Bruce Waltke's "An Old Testament Theology" (http://www.logos.com/product/17275/an-old-testament-theology) has an excellent introductory chapter on literary devices used in the Bible (Chapter 5: The Method of Biblical Theology, Part 3: Poetics and Intertextuality").

Other suggestions:

The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism

A Manual of Hebrew Poetics

MJ. Smith

The best are all individual topics rather than general:

The Shape of Biblical Language: Chiasmus in the Scriptures and Beyond Edition 2 by John Breck is an excellent Orthodox book of chiasmus
Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative by Jerome T. Walsh covers a variety of symmetry and disjunction forms - from a Catholic press
The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism (Biblical Resource) by Adele Berlin and David Noel Freedman is Jewish scholarship - the best I know on parallelism
The Language of Symbolism: Biblical Theology, Semantics, and Exegesis by Pierre Grelot and Christopher R. Smith for symbolism
Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation by G. K. Beale covers allusions, quotations etc.

As for the broader rhetoric/figures of speech, I'm still waiting to find something really useful ... in the meantime I limp along with Bullinger

Carl Sanders

For Logos resources we can add in these targeted resources on imagery:

The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (https://www.logos.com/product/30241/dictionary-of-biblical-imagery)

Zondervan Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (https://www.logos.com/product/26726/zondervan-dictionary-of-biblical-imagery)