Structure of the narrative sequences and intratextual links in the Heptateuchos Poem

This paper presents some reflections on the narrative structure of the Heptateuchos Poem, focusing on the intratextual links, with specific attention being paid to the Metrum super Deuteronomium (= Hept.Deut.). In the first part, the author analyses the general structure of the poem and its connections with the biblical hypotext through some examples – especially Hept.Deut. vv. 39-53 – to highlight the main features of the combination of paraphrase and poetic rewriting. In the second part, the focus is both on the opening sections of each book (comparing the connections with the hypotext and the rhetorical strategy used by the poet, book to book) and on hendecasyllabic sections of the poem. In the final part, there are some remarks on the intratextual links, starting from a study of Hept.Deut. vv.17-30 and the combination with some verses from the carmen on Exodus.