Confused language as a deliberate literary device in biblical hebrew narrative

This article presents a paradigm example of confused language in an ancient Near Eastern literary text, the Egyptian tale of "The Shipwrecked Sailor." It explains the pertinent passage as a clever literary device in which confused and irregular syntax is utilized to portray the confusion t...

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Main Author: Rendsburg, Gary A. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Library of Canada 1999
In: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 1999, Volume: 2, Pages: 1-20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egyptian language / Literature
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Bible. Genesis 37,30
B Bible. Judge 18,14-20
B Bible. Samuel 1. 17,38
B Language
B Bible. Genesis 37,28
B Bible. Samuel 1. 14,21
B Rhetoric
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