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1 online resource (x, 263 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Bd. 161
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 161.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index. |
| Contents |
Theme, history of research, approach -- Personification. Definitions and specifications for personification ; Purposes of personification -- Book of Wisdom. Personification of death in Wisdom ; Personification of creation in Wisdom ; Personification of Logos ; Personification of wrath ; Personifications of wisdom ; Summary and synthesis -- Romans. Personification of sin and death ; Personification of the law ; Personification of grace and righteousness ; Personification of creation and the power of the Spirit ; Summary and synthesis -- Introduction. Personifications of evil in Wisdom and Romans ; Personifications of creation in Wisdom and Romans ; Common thread. |
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While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a supernatural power. The?Powers? of Personification seeks to push beyond this debate by. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Romans -- Language, style.
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Bible. Romans. |
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Language and languages -- Style. |
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Bible. Wisdom of Solomon -- Language, style.
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Bible. Wisdom of Solomon. |
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Bible. Romans -- Relation to Wisdom of Solomon.
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Bible. Wisdom of Solomon -- Relation to Romans.
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Bible. Romans -- Language, style -- Relation to Wisdom of Solomon -- Relation to Romans. |
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Bible. Old Testament. Apocrypha. Wisdom of Solomon -- Language, style -- Relation to Wisdom of Solomon -- Relation to Romans. |
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Personification in the Bible.
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Personification in the Bible. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dodson, Joseph R. Powers" of personification. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008 (DLC) 2008049874 |
| ISBN |
9783110209778 (electronic book) |
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3110209772 (electronic book) |
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9783110209761 (alkaline paper) |
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3110209764 (alkaline paper) |
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