Solving the Mystery of Genesis 49:10b?: The Numerical Key
The four-words phrase עד כי יבא שילה in Gen 49:10b is a famous crux interpretum. I argue that the poem now contained in Genesis 49:2-27 had an elaborate numerical structure of verses, cola and words and that this structure can be fully appreciated only when we read this phrase as a five-words one: ע...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 499-501 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 49,10
/ Poetry
/ Word
/ Symbolics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
עד כי יבא שילה
B numerical structure B Gen 49:10b |
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| Summary: | The four-words phrase עד כי יבא שילה in Gen 49:10b is a famous crux interpretum. I argue that the poem now contained in Genesis 49:2-27 had an elaborate numerical structure of verses, cola and words and that this structure can be fully appreciated only when we read this phrase as a five-words one: עד כי יבא שי לה. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341399 |