Marking Closure

The literary device of stylistic change to indicate closure is barely recognized by biblical scholars. Apart from Aharon Mirsky, who wrote the seminal article and monograph on the subject, very few scholars have paid attention to this technique. The present article summarizes the work of Mirsky and...

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Published in:Vetus Testamentum
Main Author: Rendsburg, Gary A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Vetus Testamentum
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Stilwandel / Signal / Text / Conclusion
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Closure stylistic change Aharon Mirsky
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:The literary device of stylistic change to indicate closure is barely recognized by biblical scholars. Apart from Aharon Mirsky, who wrote the seminal article and monograph on the subject, very few scholars have paid attention to this technique. The present article summarizes the work of Mirsky and two others (with six examples total), and then proceeds to present an additional nineteen examples of this literary device.
ISSN:1568-5330
Contains:In: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301229