Questions tagged [intertextuality]
Intertextuality is the shaping of one text's meaning by another text. It is the interconnection between similar or related works of literature that reflect and influence an audience's interpretation of the text. Intertextual processes include allusion, quotation, plagiarism, translation and parody. (based on the Wikipedia definition)
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Isa 57:9 “You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes;" pertains to warning Christians who become addicted to power
( Related posting: (Proverbs 23:1-3) what does Not desiring deceptive food have anything to do with behaving while dining with important leaders? )
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
Is there any connection in the text between
Exodus 2:11-12
11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own
people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian
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Isa 56 & Matt 16:13-28's Sudden Shocking About-turn from graciousness to being rudely harsh Vs Exo 34:6, Ps 145:8, Ps 103:8 's "Slow to anger"
Isaiah 56
New American Standard Bible 1995
56 Thus says the Lord, “Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My
salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 “How
blessed is the ...
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Reconcile Psalm 69's imprecatory/cursing nature against The Gospels forgiving nature in the historical account of the Jesus Christ’s crucifixion
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In light of Proverbs 24:17 , how would we go about justifying or reasoning Psalm 54:5-7 claim of being satisfied with enemies' destruction?
( Romans 12:14 "14 Bless those ...
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Deeper understanding of ( Isaiah 52:15 ) Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Isaiah 52:13-15 and Isaiah 53:1-3
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Exalted Servant
13 Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and
[a]greatly exalted. 14 Just as many were ...
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Deeper contextual understanding of Isaiah 51:22 "...The chalice of My anger; You will never drink it again....."
Isaiah 51:14-23
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 The [a]exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the
dungeon, nor will his bread be lacking. 15 For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the ...
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"Where the body is, there the vultures will gather" - Why do Matthew and Luke place this teaching in different contexts?
Note: this is not a duplicate of this question because it focuses on placement and context and asks about the difference between Matthew and Luke's understanding of the saying.
In Matthew 24:28 and ...
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Deeper understanding as to why Isaiah 49:3's reference to "My Servant, Israel" fits in the larger context of Isaiah 49's Messianic prophetic account
Related Posting: In Isaiah 49 is the servant the messiah or is he Israel?
Isaiah 49 New American Standard Bible 1995 Salvation Reaches to the
End of the Earth
49 Listen to Me, O islands, And pay ...
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Does Lamentations reference Hosea as source material?
Reading through Hosea after being deep in Lamentations, it seems that Lamentations (approximately exilic) references several motifs or tropes from Hosea (earlier, pre-exilic).
Does anyone know of any ...
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Where is Luke 24:47 referenced in the Old Testament? [duplicate]
According to Luke 24:47. Jesus says "it is written" that "...repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name"
Where, in the Old Testament, the allusion that ...
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Allusion to Herod the Great in Matthew 7:24-27?
I've been working on the Sermon on the Mount in my devotional reading recently, and I had a question of historical curiosity come up.
The passage in question is the concluding "House on the rock/...
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(Isaiah 41:2 & 25)“conjoining" literary technique of “north” & “east” to deduce that God “inspired” Cyrus of Media & Persia to conquer nations
Isaiah 41:2 and 25
New American Standard Bible 1995
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2 “Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to
His [a]feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues ...
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Bible (Judges 16) silence or lack of info on Delilah's physical beauty says that deceptive pretentiousness & greed are Not based on good looks [closed]
Judges 16:4-22 NASB95
4 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of
Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 The lords of the Philistines came up
to her and said to her, “Entice him, and ...
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Judges 16:4 Samson "loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah". Did Samson truly love Delilah or was it sexual lust for Delilah?
Judges 16:1 NASB95
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Judges 16:4 NASB95
After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was ...
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Is Matthew Correct When He Reports Jesus Reading from the Greek (LXX) Version of Isaiah? (Luke 4:18-19)
Answers to this question provide convincing evidence that Jesus reportedly read from the Septuagint (Greek) version of Isaiah in Luke 4:18-19, when he began his public ministry in Nazareth. My ...
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