Forked Parallelism in Egyptian, Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetry

A particular pattern of tricolon or triplet, sometimes known as forked parallelism, has been identified in Ugaritic and early Hebrew poetry. It has been suggested that it is a characteristic style of Canaanite or ancient Semitic poetry, and noted that in the Hebrew Bible its use declines dramaticall...

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Main Author: Richard Abbott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tyndale House, Cambridge 2011-05-01
Series:Tyndale Bulletin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.53751/001c.29305