Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
135,1 (2023) 86-96
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, Narrative
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Rhetoric in the Bible
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Grammar, Comparative and general Ellipsis
;
Aposiopesis (Rhetoric)
Abstract:
Aposiopesis, »the sudden breaking off of what is being said (or written)«, is not simply a rhetorical figure but a linguistic device of the ellipsis of the main clause or the sentence nucleus. The speaker conveys »feelings of haste, urgency, and anxiety«, as in the cases of Hannah (1Sam 1:22) and Tamar (2Sam 13:16). The omitted phrase or clause is usually negative.Further Examples:1) 2Sam 23:17 Is it [not] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?2) 2Sam 21:1 due to Saul and the bloody houseTextual omission and conversational ellipsis need to be carefully distinguished.
DOI:
10.1515/zaw-2023-1006
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