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Literary Insertion (Axb Pattern) in Biblical Hebrew1

Literary Insertion (Axb Pattern) in Biblical Hebrew1 LITERARY INSERTION (AXB PATTERN) IN BIBLICAL HEBREW1 by D. T. TSUMURA Tokyo Dedicated to Professor C. H. Gordon for his 75th birthday A phenomenon of literary breakup has been noted in the "breakup of stereotype phrases by parallelism", first called to scholars' attention by E. Z. Melamed2 in 1961 and followed by scholars such as M. Dahood, D. N. Freedman, M. Z. Kaddari and others.? According to Kaddari, "complex semantic units, where constituents usually appear together even in non-parallel contexts, are split into the cola of a parallel verse". He notes the breakup of a composite substantive such as a hendiadys (e.g. hesed welimet) and a construct chain (e. g. kebel barzel) into two co-ordinated parallel lines (e.g. hesed ll 'emet; kebel ll barzel). In spite of recent criticism by C. F. Whitley,4 Melamed's thesis and its basic stylistic principle still remain valid in understanding poetic structure. Another stylistic phenomenon, the so-called "broken construct chain", has long been recognized by Semitists, as in the case of the construct chain with intervening affix.5 Recently, Freedman made a significant observation of a "construct chain interrupted by a ver- 1 This is a revised and expanded edition of a paper read http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Literary Insertion (Axb Pattern) in Biblical Hebrew1

Vetus Testamentum , Volume 33 (4): 468 – Jan 1, 1983

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Brill
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© 1983 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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1568-5330
DOI
10.1163/156853383X00080
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Abstract

LITERARY INSERTION (AXB PATTERN) IN BIBLICAL HEBREW1 by D. T. TSUMURA Tokyo Dedicated to Professor C. H. Gordon for his 75th birthday A phenomenon of literary breakup has been noted in the "breakup of stereotype phrases by parallelism", first called to scholars' attention by E. Z. Melamed2 in 1961 and followed by scholars such as M. Dahood, D. N. Freedman, M. Z. Kaddari and others.? According to Kaddari, "complex semantic units, where constituents usually appear together even in non-parallel contexts, are split into the cola of a parallel verse". He notes the breakup of a composite substantive such as a hendiadys (e.g. hesed welimet) and a construct chain (e. g. kebel barzel) into two co-ordinated parallel lines (e.g. hesed ll 'emet; kebel ll barzel). In spite of recent criticism by C. F. Whitley,4 Melamed's thesis and its basic stylistic principle still remain valid in understanding poetic structure. Another stylistic phenomenon, the so-called "broken construct chain", has long been recognized by Semitists, as in the case of the construct chain with intervening affix.5 Recently, Freedman made a significant observation of a "construct chain interrupted by a ver- 1 This is a revised and expanded edition of a paper read

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Vetus TestamentumBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1983

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