Pararllelism in Religious Texts

Abstract

This reseach deals with the employment of parallelism in religious texts. Parallelism is a universal phenomenon which exists in most poems , sermons , prose and biblical verses . As such , parallelism may be defined as 66 the employment of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same , or similar in their construction , sound , and meaning or meter. ( web source 2)This study is devoted to investigate parallelism from its different dimensions. It aims at :1-Identifying the different types and levels of parallelism used in religious texts.2-investigating the relationship between parallelism and religious language 3-showing up the most used types in the bible.4-Analyzing some texts from the bible.The study consists of two parts : theoretical and practical . In theoretical part, the researcher presented theoretical background of the use of parallelism in religious tests.This theoretical includes historical background about the concept of parallelism , the relationship between parallelism and religious discourse , dynamics of biblical poetry , types of parallelism and dimensions of parallelism.In practical part , the researcher analyzed some texts from the bible to identify the types and levels or dimensions of parallelism