Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 30/09/2004 17:52, C. Stirling Bartholomew wrote:

> Can  anyone provided some choice examples from BH narrative of ambiguous
> pronominal reference? I am looking for a story where there are two or more
> participants and there is at least a potential confusion about who is doing
> or saying what to whom?
>
> I am exploring the relationship between pronominal reference and agency in
> narrative. The idea is that pronominal reference is tied to agent/patient
> roles and only when the agent changes is a full noun phrase required to
> disambiguate reference.
>
> I would help a lot if I could have some choice problem passages to look at.
>
> thank you,
> Clay Bartholomew 
>
>  
One ambiguity which I remember, and which is much discussed by 
commentators, is at 2 Kings 6:33. It can be more-or-less resolved if you 
realise (as the author of the Word commentary did not) that the chapter 
break after this is secondary and unfortunate. This makes almost 
impossible the view that the last part of 6:33 is the words of Elisha.

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