Swords that are Ploughshares: Another Case of (Bilingual) Wordplay in Biblical Prophecy?
This paper discusses the image of swords made into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks, or vice versa, in Isaiah 2,4, Micah 4,3 and Joel 4,10. It advances the suggestion that this image presents a wordplay, most likely a bilingual one, manifested in the choice of specific weapons and agricult...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2017]
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Biblica
Year: 2017, Volume: 98, Issue: 3, Pages: 425-434 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Jesaja 2,4
/ Bible. Micha 4,3
/ Bible. Joel 4,10
/ Prophecy
/ Wordplay
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew language
B Sword B Wordplay B Bible. Jesaja 2,4 B Bible. Micha 4 B Bible. Joel 4,10 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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