The ironic syllogism: A rhetorical use of unmarked questions

Rhetorical questions are an important feature of Israelite rhetoric as exemplified in the Hebrew Bible. This paper builds on scholarship regarding rhetorical questions and irony to reevaluate one form of unmarked question. Previous scholarship called it an alarmed or surprised rhetorical question, c...

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Main Author: Austin, Benjamin M. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2021, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-132
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hebrew language / Syllogism / Rhetorical question / Interrogative clause / Irony / Rhetoric / Suggestion
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Syllogism
B Hebrew
B RHETORICAL QUESTION
B Rhetoric
B Irony
B unmarked interrogative
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