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Literary conventions in the Semitic languages

Poetic conventions in the Psalms. A comparative study of Ugaritic and Old Testament mythological texts. Polarity in the work of Ephrem the Syrian. Poetic conventions in Babylonian-Assyrian hymns and prayers

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Botha PJ: 2001. Contrast and contrivance in Ephrem the Syrian's hymn De Virginitate XLIV. Acta Patristica et Byzantina, 12, pp 30-40.

Prinsloo GTM: 2001. Yahweh the warrior: An intertextual reading of Habakkuk 3. Old Testament Essays (Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa), 14(3), pp 475-493.