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Manichaeism

various dualisms, like Gnosticism and Manichaeism--wherein God is opposed by and does battle with a separate, satanic source of evil, or is rivalled by a false god, a demiurge

—p.138 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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theodicy

It is like peering into the crucible of theodicy

—p.136 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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paratactic

it followed the parataxis of the Hebrew narration

—p.132 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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quiddity

the one that best captures the quiddity of the Hebrew

on the KJV translation

—p.132 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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laconic

the laconic report of Joseph's response to his brothers works by starving us of information

good word that I should use more often

—p.130 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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