"Wordplay" in Ancient Near Eastern Texts Contributor(s): Noegel, Scott B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0884144755 ISBN-13: 9780884144755 Publisher: SBL Press OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General - Religion | Ancient |
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 444 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book from Scott B. Noegel offers a comparative, in-depth study of "wordplay" in ancient Near Eastern texts. Noegel establishes comprehensive taxonomies for the many kinds of devices that scholars label as wordplay and for their proposed functions. The consistent terminology proposed offers students and scholars of Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Aramaic a useful template for documenting and understanding the devices they discover and for comparing them across languages for a rich interdisciplinary dialogue. |