"Wordplay" in Ancient Near Eastern Texts
| Author | : Scott B. Noegel |
| Publisher | : SBL Press |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2021-07-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1628372931 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781628372939 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (939 Downloads) |
Download or read book "Wordplay" in Ancient Near Eastern Texts written by Scott B. Noegel and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
