I. Greek Text and Semitic Background

II. State of Research

III. Semitic Poetic Features

1. Translatable and non-translatable features

2. Hebrew parallelismus membrorum

3. Semitic poetic features not translatable into Greek

4. Jewish poetry of Hellenistic and Roman periods in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek

a) Poetry in Hebrew

b) Poetry in Aramaic

c) Poetry in Greek

IV. Poetic Passages in the Greek New Testament

1. Graphical devices

2. List of poetic passages in the Greek NT

3. Character of poetic passages and features in the NT

4. Distribution and relative frequency of poetic passages and features in NT books

V. Adaptations and Imitations of Old Testament Poetry in the New Testament

1. Adaptations

2. Parallelistic additions

3. New Testament poems modelled on Old Testament poetry

VI. Synoptic Gospels and Revelation

1. Sayings of Jesus

2. Beatitudes and Lord's Prayer

3. Parallelistic sayings of Jesus: thetic and antithetic

4. Poetic features based on sound

a) Paronomasia

b) Alliteration

c) Rhythm

d) Rhyme

5. Parallelistic structures and their adaptations in three synoptic gospels

6. Reflexes of folk poetry in gospel traditions

7. Apocalyptic traditions in the 'Synoptic Apocalypse' and in the Book of Revelation

VII. The Gospel of John

1. Parallelistic structures

2. The Prologue

VIII. Epistles

1. Early Christian poetry

2. Poetic features in NT epistles

3. Epistles of Paul

4. Deutero-Pauline epistles

5. Catholic epistles

IX. Concluding Remarks

1. Textual variants

2. Poetic structures and features in non-canonical writings

3. Some opportunities for research

a) Patterns of Hebrew biblical poetry

b) Translations and reconstructions

c) Semitic and Greek models

X. Selected Bibliography

1. Texts

2. Hebrew biblical poetry

3. Aramaic traditions

4. Greek language and style in NT

5. New Testament poetry