μακροθυμῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἕως λάβῃ πρόϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον. μακροθυμήσατε καὶ Guets . . . The following are some good instances of alliteration: i. 2, πᾶσαν χαρὰν ἡγήσασθε ὅταν πειρασμοῖς περιπέσητε ποικίλοις. ili. 5 μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. iti. 8, τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται. iv. 8, καθαρίσατε χεῖρας . . . ἁγνίσατε καρδίας. How thoroughly in the Hebrew fashion this repetition of words and alliterative tendency is may be seen by observing a few examples, taken quite at random, from the O.T., e.g., Am. vi. 7, 13; Isa. ix. 5 Nah. 1. 2; Psxextx 18. ση. 6, εἴς., etc:
(iii.) Instances of pleonastic phraseology in the Epistle must also be regarded as witnessing to Jewish authorship ; among such are the
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following: i. 8, ἀνὴρ δίψυχος, corresponding {ο the Hebrew WN; the same is seen in i. 12, μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς. . . Cf. Ps. i 1, TWN WINTT δὲ; 1. 19, ἔστω δὲ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος; i. 7, μὴ yap οἰέσθω. ὃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος. .. ; i. 28, οὗτος ἔοικεν ἀνδρὶ κατανοοῦντι . . .; 11, 2, ἀνὴρ χρυσοδακτύλιο. Suggestive of Hebrew phraseology, again are such passages as iii. 7, τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν ; iv. 2, οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς. Reminiscent of Hebrew thought are also the words in i. 15, ἡ ἐπιθυμία συλλαβοῦσα τίκτει ἁμαρτίαν ; for the similar idea see Ps. vii. 14, Behold he travaileth with iniquity, yea he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood ; so, too, the words in 11. 7, βλασφημοῦσιν τὸ ὄνομα. .. ; here, moreover, the omission of the preposition should be noticed; then also, in v. 7, the familiar mpdipov καὶ ὄψιμον (cf. der. ν., 24, ὩΣ ΟῚ ΓΤ Οὐδ)» and ἴῃ ν. 17, the regular Hebraism προσευχῇ προσηύξατο Spann η)
(iv.) The Hebraic character of the Epistle is further illustrated by a certain terse and forcible way of putting things, reminding one often of the prophetic style, e.g., ii. 3, Sit thou here in a good place, and in the same verse, Stand thou there; iv. 2 ff., Ye lust and have not ; ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war ; ye have not because ye ask not. ... Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? iv. 7, Be subject, therefore, unto God ; but resist the devil. v.1, Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Then, again, the way in which vivid pictures are presented in few but pregnant words is also illustrative of the same prophetic style, e.g., in i. 6, the picture of the man who doubts; in ii. 2, of the rich man and the poor man entering the synagogue ; and in v. 4, of the defrauded labourers. Under this heading must also be mentioned the distinctive way in which the writer of the Epistle