Meryzmy biblijne
Biblical merism

Summary/Abstract: Merism is a rhetorical figure with a formalized structure: A and Z, in which the words connectedby a conjunction or phrase – in the above formula symbolized by the first and last letters ofthe alphabet – represent polar, contrasting notions. The figure, considered to be typically Semitic,is interpreted the following way: by connecting contrasting antonymic or quasiantonymic notions,it simultaneously covers the whole semantic space between them. Six merisms are discussed in thearticle: heaven and earth, Alpha and Omega, knowledge of good and evil, prosperity and misery,milk and honey, man and woman.

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