The Original Version of Deborah’s Song, and its Numerical Structure
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The Song of Deborah (Jud 5:2-31a) is one of the Biblical texts that has been most thoroughly analyzed. In this article I wish to present a new solution to some of the basic issues relating to the song. My hypothesis is based on exegetical and historical insights that can shed light on the process of editing and sculpting that the song underwent. A distinction between the original poem and editorial additions may, in my opinion, help solve some of the major problems in our understanding of the poem and its thematic coherence. Once the kernel of the text is isolated and the editorial additions are peeled away, the original song text is revealed, which is based on a clear and elaborate numerical structure.
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17
Ibid., 206.
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22
Ibid., 226-227.
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34
See Globe, Deborah, 503; Lindars, Judges, 241; Vincent, Deborah, 74.
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Ibid., 610, note 39, he brings other scholars who accept this position, such as Globe, Deborah, 172; J. A. Soggin, Judges (otl, London 1981), 88; M. D. Cogan, “A Structural and Literary Analysis of the Song of Deborah,” cbq 40 (1978), 153.
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See Lindars, Judges, 241-8; J. Gray, Joshua, Judges and Ruth, New Century Bible (London 1977), 218-220; and Soggin, Judges, 94.
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See Labuschagne, “Significant Compositional Techniques,” 586; Knohl, “Sacred Architecture,” 191-2.
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The Original Version of Deborah’s Song, and its Numerical Structure
In: Vetus TestamentumSearch for other papers by Israel Knohl in
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The Song of Deborah (Jud 5:2-31a) is one of the Biblical texts that has been most thoroughly analyzed. In this article I wish to present a new solution to some of the basic issues relating to the song. My hypothesis is based on exegetical and historical insights that can shed light on the process of editing and sculpting that the song underwent. A distinction between the original poem and editorial additions may, in my opinion, help solve some of the major problems in our understanding of the poem and its thematic coherence. Once the kernel of the text is isolated and the editorial additions are peeled away, the original song text is revealed, which is based on a clear and elaborate numerical structure.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 707 | 100 | 7 |
| Full Text Views | 279 | 5 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 143 | 12 | 2 |
