The Dynamics of Biblical ParallelismFor years scholars of biblical poetry have defined parallelism as the simple correspondence of one verse, phrase, or word with another. In this book, Adele Berlin approaches biblical parallelism as a linguistic phenomenon, as a complex interplay among all aspects of language. Her goal is to get at the basics of what biblical parallelism is and how it works. Berlin's examination of the grammatical, lexical, semantic, phonetic, structural, and psychological aspects of parallelism yields an elegantly simple model that reveals the complex workings of this phenomenon. Her book will be a valuable guide for both scholars and students of biblical poetry. |
Contents
THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF BIBLICAL PARALLELISM | 18 |
CONTENTS vii | 22 |
THE GRAMMATICAL ASPECT | 31 |
THE LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC ASPECTS | 64 |
vi | 85 |
Sound Pairs in A Midsummer Nights | 125 |
Notes | 142 |
Glossary | 156 |
171 | |
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aabb abab allelism aspect of parallelism Bible Biblical Hebrew biblical parallelism biblical poetry chapter clause consonants context contrast Dahood deep structure Deese discussion eats the bread elicits example grammatical aspect grammatical equivalences grammatical mood grammatical parallelism Greenstein Hebrew Poetry identical idioms involves Israel Jakobson juxtaposition Kugel language lelism lexical aspect lexical associates lexical pair linguistic equivalences Lowth mantic meaning merismus morphologic parallelism noun O'Connor occur paradigmatic paral parallel lines pattern perception phonologic phonologic equivalence phrase plural poetic function polysemy prose Psalms psycholinguistic repetition Roman Jakobson root scholars second line semantic aspect semantic equivalence semantic pair semantic parallelism semantic relationship sentences similar singular sound pairs surface structure synonymous syntactic parallelism syntagmatic pairs syntax tion Ugaritic verbs verses containing word association word pairs YHWH אלהים הארץ ואל יהודה לה מים תפלתי