The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... Synoptics by the presence of the two wisdom forms , the proverb and the parable . Recent study of the Synoptic Gospels has fixed a great deal of attention on the parables , and in particular on an analysis of how they " work , " how ...
... Synoptics by the presence of the two wisdom forms , the proverb and the parable . Recent study of the Synoptic Gospels has fixed a great deal of attention on the parables , and in particular on an analysis of how they " work , " how ...
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... Synoptic Gospels . There were strong factors leading toward a utilization of speculative wisdom traditions in early Christi- anity , in contrast to practical wisdom traditions . In spite of this trend , the Synoptic Gospels , and ...
... Synoptic Gospels . There were strong factors leading toward a utilization of speculative wisdom traditions in early Christi- anity , in contrast to practical wisdom traditions . In spite of this trend , the Synoptic Gospels , and ...
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... Synoptic tradition is immensely significant precisely as indicating what one may call the field of intensification ... Synoptic proverbs occur , but for whatever reason , virtually all of those which have been cited here as most ...
... Synoptic tradition is immensely significant precisely as indicating what one may call the field of intensification ... Synoptic proverbs occur , but for whatever reason , virtually all of those which have been cited here as most ...
Contents
Proverbs in Africa | 10 |
On the Structure of the Proverb | 43 |
Towards a Structural Analysis of Yiddish Proverbs | 65 |
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abstract advertisement African akaguca akagukuura akaguteera Alan Dundes allusion analysis appear Arewa argument Arrow of God Bantu bird buriri Chinese cited cold collection common concrete context contrast correlation culture Dictionary discussion English essay examinees example expression fact folklore folklorists front-room genre haakweru Hausa headline hoopoe humorous ikwéru illustrate important ingle-nook instance Irish item of folklore language literary literature lodge the Tuutsi logical luotu manics mental status examination metaphor Mieder Milner modern muryango muu mbere nest nidum Nyanja occurs opposition original paradox parallel paremiology particular patterns person phrases popular proverb interpretation Proverb Test proverb usage question quoted raters reasoning reference riddles ruguru Rwanda saying schizophrenics scholars Scottish Gaelic semantic Shakespeare significant slogan social situation Spanish proverbs structure Synoptic Synoptic Gospels thing traditional Tuutsi you lodge Umutuutsi umusembereza upper-room Usembereza umutuutsi variant versions wisdom words Yiddish proverbs Yoruba Z statistic Zulu