Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages
Angaben zur Quelle:
48,1 (2022) 25-41
Keywords:
Baal Biblical teaching
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Names in the Bible
;
Shame in the Bible
Abstract:
In this essay I argue that the names Ishbosheth, Mephibosheth, and Jerubbesheth in 2 Samuel are not merely dysphemistic efforts to avoid pronouncing the name Baal, but constitute a literary device that functions to mark the shame of these figures. As such, they figure on a par with other devices like the mnemonic of odium examined previously in this journal and various forms of appellative paronomasia which feature prominently in Samuel.
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