Puns and Pundits

Puns and Pundits Word Play in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Literature

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Publisher's Synopsis

Essays on the use of word play in the literature of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and Israel, and Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature; includes such topics as: alliterative allusions, rebus writing, ominous homophony, portentous puns, and paronomasia.

Book information

ISBN: 9781883053499
Publisher: CDL Press
Imprint: Eisenbrauns
Pub date:
DEWEY: 892
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 337
Weight: 664g
Height: 159mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 27mm