Identifying Alphabetic Compositions in the Hebrew Bible: A Response to Peter C. W. Ho

Alphabetic acrostics (AA s) are a known phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible (HB). Recently, scholars have argued that other poems in the HB evidence “alphabetic thinking”, or some kind of consciousness of alphabet in their composition. Peter C. W. Ho has argued for what he calls alphabetic compositions (...

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Main Author: Justiss, Joseph L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 74, Issue: 3, Pages: 331-351
Further subjects:B Paronomasia
B terminative term
B Wordplay
B Alphabetic composition
B acrostic
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