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100			_aMelles, Berhane Kahsai _9651
245			_aIrony as a Literary Stylistic Device in Amos’s Choice of Metaphors: readingfrom the perspective of theTigrigna Proto-Semitic Language
260			_aJohannesburg, South Africa _bSouth African Theological Seminary _cDecember 2018
300			_a290 pages _bPDF _cA4 _eAbstract, TOC
502			_bDoctor of Philosophy in Theology _cSouth African Theological Seminary _dDecember 2018 _gDr WB Domeris
520			_aThis 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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