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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Need help on personification
Hi,
These examples of personification seem good because I got them from a very authoritative source, but aside from the Biblical or Bible-related content, how can we discern or judge how much is reasonable, or for that matter, what is reasonable?
Mount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice?
The villages of Judah are glad because of your ... -- Can villages be glad?
These examples of personification seem good because I got them from a very authoritative source, but aside from the Biblical or Bible-related content, how can we discern or judge how much is reasonable, or for that matter, what is reasonable?
Mount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice?
The villages of Judah are glad because of your ... -- Can villages be glad?
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Anonymous Mount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice? The villages of Judah are glad because of your ... -- Can villages be glad?
- Anonymous Mount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice?
- The villages of Judah are glad because of your ...
- -- Can villages be glad?
- If the Bible claims so, that must be true.
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AnonymousMount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice?If the Bible claims so, that must be true.
The villages of Judah are glad because of your ... -- Can villages be glad?
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AnonymousHi,
These examples of personification seem good because I got them from a very authoritative source, but aside from the Biblical or Bible-related content, how can we discern or judge how much is reasonable, or for that matter, what is reasonable?
Mount Zion rejoices -- Can a mountain rejoice?
The villages of Judah are glad
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I think the villages one is easy. It simply refers to the people who live in those villages.
But when it comes to the Bible, I think even stones and roads are personified, so a mountain rejoicing seems quite normal to me.
Don't forget that it's a fairly common device to refer to a place meaning the people who live/work in that place. It's quite common the hear "The White House i
But when it comes to the Bible, I think even stones and roads are personified, so a mountain rejoicing seems quite normal to me.
Don't forget that it's a fairly common device to refer to a place meaning the people who live/work in that place. It's quite common the hear "The White House i
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