Searching for antithetical parallelism

David Sloan
David Sloan Member Posts: 35
edited November 20 in English Forum

I would like to find every example of antithetical parallelism in the Gospels. Is there a good way to do a search like this? I would like the results to include verses where the lines are not perfectly parallel, such as Luke 12:4-5.

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  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) Member Posts: 23,113 ✭✭✭

    I would like to find every example of antithetical parallelism in the Gospels. Is there a good way to do a search like this?

    Logos 6 and Verbum 6 can search for antithetical parallelism WITHIN Bible milestone range:

    antithetical NEAR parallelism WITHIN {Milestone <Mt-Jn>}

    Keep Smiling [:)]

  • Schumitinu
    Schumitinu Member Posts: 570
  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,018 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rhetorical features such as antithetical parallelism are not identifiable by any of the grammatical or syntax coding added to the text. The best you can do is find those cases where an author refers to it as antithetical parallelism and considers it relevant to mention. How extensive this list will be depends upon the resources you use. Searching commentators can be done as illustrated by KS4J above.

    As antithetical parallelism is more common in Hebrew than in Greek you may find this article informative: http://jewishstudies.eteacherbiblical.com/cataloging-the-new-testaments-hebraisms-parts-1-5/

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