TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melles, Berhane Kahsai 
TI  - Irony as a Literary Stylistic Device in Amos’s Choice of Metaphors: readingfrom the perspective of theTigrigna Proto-Semitic Language
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Johannesburg, South Africa
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
N2  - This thesis investigates irony as a literary stylistic device in the book of Amos, and analyses selected  metaphors read in Tigrigna Proto-Semitic language. In the   introductory   part of   the   thesis,   figurative   languages are   defined   as conceptual  thoughts.  Various  types  of  irony  are  discussed, and  verbal  irony indicated  as  the  focus  of  histidine  Eritrea,  in  Tigrigna  ethnic,  figures  of speech –irony and metaphor  are part  of  their  culture and  we  have  chosen  to read Amos through Eritrean eyes. The state of scholarship on literary and rhetorical devices and theories of irony and  metaphor  have  been  reviewed  through Chapters2to 3.  Chapter 4distinguishes irony as a literary stylistic device in the book, in contrast to other figurative languages Amos used to convey his message. In Chapter 5, the study discusses a combination of critical analyses on selected Amos’s metaphors. Engaging the language and culture of the Eritrean Tigrigna ethnic,  in  the integrated TGN versions, the  study  analyses  and  interprets the possible meanings of the following five ironic metaphors: Cows of Bashan (4:1-3),  the  Virgin  Israel  (5:1-3),  the  Day  of  Darkness  and  not  Light(5:18-20), the Plumb line7:7-8and the Basket of Summer Fruit (8:1-3). Finally,  in  the Conclusion,  the  findings  are  highlighted; and  based  on  the outcome of heresiarches recommend that current studies on prophets give more attention to figurative  languages  as  literary  devices  in  the  interpretive strategy. We also recommend that Biblical scholarship consider the biblical text in Tigrigna, a Semitic language, and the cultural expression of both the Eritrean vend Israelite peoples. This thesis will be helpful for translators of the Bible into Tigrigna in countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia
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