The history of the collection of ancient texts held sacred ...

(of words, phrases, names), by the use of . oral formulas (metrical phrases or cliches), and by . parataxis (adding phrase upon phrase or clause upon clause) in which ideas or descriptions are simply added (often by the conjunction and or but) to a previous idea. An example from the First Book of Samuel (3: 2-9) might illustrate: ................
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