10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERISM»
Discover the use of
merism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
merism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings: ...
Merism is a literary device that uses an abbreviated list to suggest the whole. The
most common type of merism cites the poles of a list to suggest everything in
between, though the term merism is also used to refer to more extensive, but not
...
Tremper Longman III, Peter Enns, 2008
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A Historical-critical Study of the Book of Zephaniah
The first one is a typical merism59 conveying the meaning of "everyone" or "
everything" that stands between "(hu)man" and beast. This merism is relatively
common in the OT.60 It occurs with the root ma in the hiphil form, as perhaps
implied in ...
3
Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology ...
Fig. 1.5. Relationships of merism in the perianth of angiosperms; undifferentiated
perianth shown. A, spiral with variable number of tepals; B, trimery/hexamery; C,
pentamery; D, dimery/tetramery; E, trimery, single whorl; F, dimery, single whorl.
Louis P. Ronse De Craene, 2010
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Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: The remaining 65 Psalms
The day-night contrast is in this verse supported by the merism of the heavenly
bodies. In the situation described in Genesis 1 it was these bodies that had the
task of /inr — guarding day and night -, but this Psalm testifies to a guardianship
that ...
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The Preacher Sought to Find Pleasing Words: A Study of the ...
Merism Reichert-Cohen have underlined the merism in 3,11 1io TsM tfNm and in
10,13 n'nnNi...nVnn 577. The second one has been pointed out by J. Krasovec
too578. H.A. Brongers finds a merism in the enumeration 9,10 naDm nsm fOOTli
...
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Antithetic Structure in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
As already mentioned, the same contrast can be the source of two diametrically
opposed styles: merism and antithesis. Interestingly enough, the more
predominant in a literature antithesis is, the less prominent merism, and vice
versa.
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Shrewd: Daring to Live the Startling Command of Jesus
group that includes you and me) that they must be “as shrewd as serpents and as
innocent as doves,” He uses a rhetorical trick called a “merism” to combine two
mutually exclusive concepts into one intertwined truth. Simply, a merism conveys
...
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The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 1-24
(haqqdrdb) as a merism referring to all the slain.85 However, this is more than a
merism as the tricola construction suggests: hdrahdq baddeber yamut
wehaqqarob bahereb yippol wehannis'ar wehannasur bard'ab yamut The person
who is ...
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Fields of Offerings: Studies in Honor of Raphael Patai
“War and peace" is a merism signifying the totality of life. War may be hellish and
peace heavenly, but the human condition is heir to both. This merism has been
expressed in art pictorially since remote antiquity—for example, the Sumerian ...
The fusion of cosmos and imperium, as conveyed in the title of Hardie's book, can
be described as a merism. By merism I mean a combination of two words that
convey one meaning.86 I draw attention to the merism at work in the actual ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
merism is used in the context of the following news items.
More than 200 traders fined for violating rules
ALOR SETAR : The Kedah Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consu-merism Ministry (KPDNKK) has issued notices to 269 traders here for ... «The Star Online, Apr 15»
A Response to Ken Ham's Response to Justin Taylor
But I think Genesis 1:1 is describing the actual act of God creating “heaven and earth” (a merism for the universe, indicating totality—like “high ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
Genesis 3 Paradox
Dan McClellan. I suppose that depends first on whether one interprets “good and evil” as a reference to morality or as a merism. «Patheos, Jan 15»
God, Rush, and Global Warming
... summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease"-called merism, involves naming opposites to encompass everything of the same category ... «Christian Post, Sep 13»
Disclaimer notices 'misleading consumers'
... 'Goods Sold Are Not Returnable' notices, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consu-merism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. «The Star Online, Nov 12»
Westminster joins start-up incubator trend
To be located in Hub Westminster will be Hub Ventures Lab (HVL), a partnership between Hub Westminster and private equity firm Merism ... «GrowthBusiness.co.uk, Oct 11»
Applications Open for £50000 European Start-up Prizes as Village …
Stephen Rockman, founder of Merism Capital, said: “We're really excited about launching Village Capital London, which will help European ... «The NextWomen Business Magazine, Jun 11»
Social Entrepreneurs Compete for £50000 Investment with Launch …
Merism Capital, the UK social impact seed fund, has signed a partnership with US-based Village Capital, a leading incubator programme in the ... «The NextWomen Business Magazine, May 11»
Social entrepreneurs could claim £50000 in funding under new …
The programme will be run by Merism Capital, a British seed fund for businesses which carry social value, in tandem with US-based social ... «Startups.co.uk, May 11»
Be wary when buying mutton
Another butcher Sheik Allaudin Abd Rahman who also operates in Sentul Pasar said the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consu-merism ... «Malaysia Star, Nov 10»
