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The frequency and diversity of application of the rib-phraseology in the Old Testament reveals a frame of mind, and not only a way and means of expression. Partly perhaps due to an innate disposition of Semitic mentality, Israel's own genius, as acquired and developed in its history, and especially in its spiritual experiences, is to be considered as main cause and source of this remarkable phenomenon. There is nothing naturalistic or mechanical in their view of, and reaction to, the entourage in which they live and work and suffer and die. Secondly, the rib-phraseology reveals decidedly ethical, normative conception of God and religious relation. The rib-pattern reveals undogmatic, unsystematic way of thinking, in religious matters, of the Old Testament. All is ultimately left to, lies in the hands of, the Supreme Judge and Ruler, whose judgement is righteous, but unpredictable, and inscrutable for human understanding, whose ways are not ours. Keywords: Old Testament; rib-phraseology; Semitic mentality; spiritual experiences; Supreme Judge
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