What is truth?
In this essay the infrequently discussed phenomenon of deliberate ambiguity is explored in relation to the Johannine Epistles 2 John in particular. It is retermed 'semantic density' (SD) to more adequately reflect its nature and function, namely, a progressive coalescence of complementary...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1990
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1990, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 301-333 |
Further subjects: | B
Simplex passage
B Biblical exposition B Stylistic B Parabolic B Associative B One divinely intended meaning B Amorphous category B Protestant exegetes B Ironic B Rhetorical B Anti-Gnostic B Semantic equivocacy B Allegorising biblical text B Thematic B Exploratory B Hermeneutical principle B Grammatical meaning B Oracular |
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Summary: | In this essay the infrequently discussed phenomenon of deliberate ambiguity is explored in relation to the Johannine Epistles 2 John in particular. It is retermed 'semantic density' (SD) to more adequately reflect its nature and function, namely, a progressive coalescence of complementary concepts, effected by the intentional reiteration of a cluster of key terms, which are thereby merged into a more comprehensive thematic notion. SD is thus distinguished from 'ambiguity', on the one hand, and 'obscurity' on the other. |
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ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_951 |