Seeing doubles: On two of a kind
This article expands upon a previously published study in this journal that examined a literary strategy which employs linguistic devices of doubling in biblical narratives that reference twins. It demonstrated that Israelite authors employed several devices, including dual forms, gemination, double...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Further subjects: | B
Paronomasia
B Gilgamesh B Polysemy B Judges B Proverbs B Doubling B Twins B Gemination |
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| Summary: | This article expands upon a previously published study in this journal that examined a literary strategy which employs linguistic devices of doubling in biblical narratives that reference twins. It demonstrated that Israelite authors employed several devices, including dual forms, gemination, doubled vocabulary, polysemy, and paronomasia on the number two', in order to match form to content. Here, we add studies of four biblical passages (Judges 5, Proverbs 20, 30, 31) as well as a brief excursus on a similar strategy in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and we argue that the strategy of doubling also appears in narratives that feature pairs or the doubling of amounts (i.e. not necessarily texts that employ the term twin'). |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089218800434 |