Dialogues in the Book of Genesis / hdyʾlṿgym vsfr vrʾshyt(tsṿrṿt rṭṿryṿt)
Dialogues in the Book of Genesis / הדיאלוגים בספר בראשית(צורות רטוריות)
The value of the dialogue inheres in the fact that it discloses the personality of the speaker, allows for reply, thus heightening its dramatic tension. The number of verses in Genesis is 1534, a third of which appear in dialogue form, organically integrated within the narrative. Special attention s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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1975
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Bet miḳra
Year: 1975, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-145 |
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| Summary: | The value of the dialogue inheres in the fact that it discloses the personality of the speaker, allows for reply, thus heightening its dramatic tension. The number of verses in Genesis is 1534, a third of which appear in dialogue form, organically integrated within the narrative. Special attention should be given to its rythmic form, a subject deserving separate analysis and treatment. Likewise, the metaphors and their idiomatic structures within the dialogues add their own vitality. The central personalities in Genesis express their sentiments, each in his strikingly individualistic and intrinsic style. Judah's statements and exhortations have a special quality — in his approach to his father or to his brothers, and especially in his appeal to Joseph prior to the latter's dramatic disclosure. On the psychological level, the harmony between the form and the content is especially significant. Psychological truths emerge dramatically as, for instance, in the dialogues of Lot and the residents of Sodom, of Isaac with each of his sons in the episode of the blessings, of Rachel and Jacob regarding her barrenness, and many similar dialogues. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bet miḳra
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