09-11-2003, 03:39 PM
Shlama Akhay,
There are four types of Parallelisms in the scriptures that show an Aramaic original. These are:
There are four types of Parallelisms in the scriptures that show an Aramaic original. These are:
- Antithetic - where a second line contrasts the terms used in the first line
Synonymous - where there is a correspondence in idea between 2 lines of a couplet, the 2nd line reinforcing and echoing the sense of the 1st in equivalent, though different, terms.
Synthetic - where the thought of the 2nd line supplements and completes that of the first
Climactic - where the second line is not a complete echo of the first, but adds something more which completes the 1st, thus forming its climax
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan