Excerptos And Logos In Chapter 58

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139 Internal Marker Commentators have presented different subunit divisions according to their own methodological stances.30 This study recognizes four subunits in chapter 58: vv. 1-4, 5- 9b, 9c-12, and 13-14 according to linguistic and thematic indicators. First, 58:1-4 forms the first subunit, which concerns the accusation of the false religious behavior of the community. The end of the first subunit is distinguished from verses 5-9a by the use of ~k,(l.Aq in v. 4d, which constitutes an inclusio with ^l (9b) which functions as a “concluding highlighting device.”31 This subunit is segmented from the surrounding verses by the rhetorical question that creates emotive overtones (5a-7d) and the distinctive syntactic structure (the frequent use