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      7. RASHI METHOD: FORMATTING
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Inferences from Biblical formatting: --bold,italics, and paragraph structure.
      • Use of repetition to indicate formatting effects: bold,italics,...;
      • use of repeated keywords to indicate a bullet effect;
      • rules governing use and interpretation of climactic sequence;
      • rules governing paragraph development and discourse
      This example applies to Rashis Lv26-17f Lv26-16b Lv26-16c Lv26-16d       URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n19.htm
      Brief Summary: God will send diseases with a) wretched skin APPEARANCES, b) burning SENSATIONS, c) no HOPE and d) no EXPECATIONS of recovery

The climax principle asserts that a sequence of similar phrases should be interpreted climactically even if the words and grammatical constructs used do not directly suggest this. That is the fact of the sequence justifies reading into the Biblical text a climactic interpretation even if no other textual indication justifies it. For this reason we consider the climax method a distinct and separate method.

Verse Lv26-16 discussing a punishment of several diseases for disobedience to God states I also will do this to you; I will appoint over you in a rush, consumption, and fever, that shall destroy sight[of hope] , and cause sorrow of heart; .... The table below compactly shows the climactic progression in the four underlined phrases in the verse.

Verse Text Aspect of Climax
consumption skin disease; horrid appearance
burns burning sensations
destructive of sight [of personal hope] depressive; no personal hope of recovery
emotional anguish [to others] no communal expectation of recovery.

Advanced Rashi: Notice how Rashi almost arbitrarily interprets destructive of eyes as meaning loss of personal hope while emotional anguish Rashi interprets as meaning loss of communal hope. There is nothing in the language or grammar which justifies this however the Rashi interpretation is justified by the fact of Biblical sequence which justifies a climactic interpretation. The skillful fitting of a well chosen climactic interpretation on a poetic verse gives a nifty demonstration of the climax method. 


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