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A modern author who wishes to indicate special
emphasis to each item in a list uses bullets
to indicate this emphasis. By bulleting the
reader is asked to dwell for a moment on each list item
and listen to its nuances. In my article
Biblical
Formatting that just appeared in the Jewish Bible
Quarterly,and available on the world wide web,
I have explained that when the
Biblical Author wishes to indicate special emphasis
on each member of a list, repeated keywords
are used. The repeated keywords should be
interpreted as the equivalent of a bulleted format.
The following example illustrates this.
Verse Ex03-11 presenting Moses' protestation against taking
the Jews out of Egypt states
And Moses said to God, Who am I,
- that I should go to Pharaoh, and
- that I should bring forth the people of Israel out of Egypt?
Rashi interprets the repeated connective keywords as indicating
a bullet format. The bullets create a contrastive emphasis
requiring focusing on each underlined item. Hence the Rashi comment:
- Who am I that I should argue against a difficult king like Pharoh
- Who am I that I should be a leader of an obstinate and difficult people
like the Jews
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