Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"
The Bible in Spain of colporteurs, who distribute religious works, and this activity became a major focus for the Bible Society in the mid-19th century. The description of Gypsy life in the final chapter of Prosper Mérimée's novella "Carmen" (the source for Bizet's opera) shows many similarities with those in Borrow's "The Bible in Spain" and "The Zincali". Mérimée was familiar with Borrow's writings and commented on them. "In the Footsteps of George Borrow" by Guy Arnold () is a travel book in which the author retraces the steps of Borrow's journey as related in "The Bible in Spain". The Bible in Spain The