gnome (rhetoric)
A
gnome ((Ancient Greek|Greek:)
gnome, from
gignoskein, to know) is a type of
saying, especially an
aphorism or a
maxim designed to provide
instruction in a compact form.The term
gnome was introduced by
Klaus Berger in the
Formgeschichte des Neuen Testaments. He used this traditional term from the antique rhetoric and attempted to identify this rhetoric method in the New Testament.
See also
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Gnome (stijlfiguur)Gnome (fyndord)
(...as imported from WP)
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