An Emendation of Hab 2:4a in the Light of Hab 1:5

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  • Thomas Renz London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5508/jhs.2013.v13.a11

Abstract

The first half of Hab 2:4 has long been a crux; numerous emendations have been proposed over the years. This essay returns to an earlier proposal that the letter sequence עפלה is the result of a metathesis and argues that פעל refers back to Hab 1:5 with the grapheme ה originally functioning as an interrogative pronoun with לא . The result is a reading of the vision which makes reference to the divine as well as human protagonists.

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Published

2013-01-01

How to Cite

Renz, T. (2013). An Emendation of Hab 2:4a in the Light of Hab 1:5. The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 13. https://doi.org/10.5508/jhs.2013.v13.a11

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