| Sumario: | In the Holiness Code, both the second person singular and the second person plural are used in addressing the Israelites. Such variation of grammatical number has often been perceived as an indication of different literary strata. Building on remarks by N. Lohfink on Deuteronomy and E. Cortese on Lev 1 9, the hipothsis is advanced that the variation of number in rather to be viewed as a stylistic device exploited by the preacher of the law in order to distinguish the individual and collective implications of his discourse. In the Holiness Code, the second person plural is used to address the people as a whole, while the second person singular expresses an individualizing nuance. This usage stands in marked contrast to the style of Deuteronmy, wher the second person singular regulary addresses the collective.
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