RT Article
T1 Lurking Lions and Hidden Herds: Concealed Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 7
A1 Noegel, Scott B. 1962-
A1 Nichols, Corinna E.
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1764665007
AB This article presents evidence for a previously unrecognized literary device in the Book of Proverbs, in which texts that cluster references to animals also contain additional paronomastic allusions to animals. This device accords with the proverbs’ instruction to search for hidden knowledge, and resonates with their emphasis on the study of wild animals as a source of divine wisdom. The device also appears in psalms and prophecies, where it generally entails references to domesticated animals; here, the function appears to be rhetorical or performative. These groupings of concealed allusions to animals also add to the growing number of examples of the textual device of clustering.
K1 Allusion
K1 Animals
K1 Cluster
K1 Paronomasia
K1 Prophecy
K1 Proverbs
K1 Psalms
K1 Wisdom
DO 10.3390/rel12070492