"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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(→Lines 19-30, Biblical Rhetoric) |
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Some of the language is perhaps borrowed directly from the Bible. | Some of the language is perhaps borrowed directly from the Bible. | ||
| − | ::[[Job 8]] | + | ::'''[[Job 8]]''' |
::::Lines 19-20 "What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?" | ::::Lines 19-20 "What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?" | ||
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| − | ::[[Ezekiel 2]] | + | ::'''[[Ezekiel 2]]''' |
::::Line 20 "...son of man" | ::::Line 20 "...son of man" | ||
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| − | ::[[Ezekiel 6]] | + | ::'''[[Ezekiel 6]]''' |
::::Line 22 "...a heap of broken images" | ::::Line 22 "...a heap of broken images" | ||
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| − | ::[[Ecclesiastes 12]] | + | ::'''[[Ecclesiastes 12]]''' |
::::Line 23 "And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief" | ::::Line 23 "And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief" | ||
