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Two of a kind : twin language in the Hebrew Bible
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Abstract
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This article seeks to understand the relation between form and content of biblical passages, focusing especially on the word "twins". First, the six attestations of the word occur in pairs in the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs. Second, they are highlighted through linguistic devices that in themselves have afnity with duality: geminates, alliteration and (numerical) paronomasia. Moreover, the number two occurs in all texts and is evoked through the use of its homophone "scarlet", and through duplication of words. Thus, it is suggested that the language of biblical passages including the twin word exteriorizes and emphasizes the twin concept by means of devices that mimic the twinning formally. |
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Language
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English
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. - Sheffield
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Publication
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Sheffield
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2012
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0309-0892
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37
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(2012)
, p. 135-150
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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