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Excerpt from Ancient Jewish Proverbs
The genuine proverb is not the elaborately thought-out sentence of an individual, but the commonly adopted expression of long and wide experience. Its literary form is usually crude, unpolished, and devoid of style, indicating that it Obtained its currency among the lower classes, not the littérateurs. Hence the saying that pro verbs are the People''s Voice is true in more senses than one. It is the popular speech in so far as it reflects the popular mind, but also be cause it is an accurate record of the vernacular. This is a point of great importance. In attempt ing to form a conception of the language used by a community at a given time, it is not always safe to rely only upon the literature of that period. The literary language often differs considerably from the spoken, and therefore proverbs offer us the best material for forming an idea of how the people spoke in their everyday intercourse.
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The genuine proverb is not the elaborately thought-out sentence of an individual, but the commonly adopted expression of long and wide experience. Its literary form is usually crude, unpolished, and devoid of style, indicating that it Obtained its currency among the lower classes, not the littérateurs. Hence the saying that pro verbs are the People''s Voice is true in more senses than one. It is the popular speech in so far as it reflects the popular mind, but also be cause it is an accurate record of the vernacular. This is a point of great importance. In attempt ing to form a conception of the language used by a community at a given time, it is not always safe to rely only upon the literature of that period. The literary language often differs considerably from the spoken, and therefore proverbs offer us the best material for forming an idea of how the people spoke in their everyday intercourse.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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A. Cohen
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ISBN - 9780331191448
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 141
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Author
A. Cohen
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ISBN - 9781330347157
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 143
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