"Wordplay" in ancient Near Eastern texts / by Scott B. Noegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noegel, Scott B., author.

Series:

Ancient Near East monographs ; number 26.

Ancient Near East Monographs ; number 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plays on words.

Semantics--Middle East.

Semantics.

Semitic languages, Northwest.

Phonemics.

Middle East--Language and languages.

Middle East.

Hebrew language--Terms and phrases.

Hebrew language.

Middle East Region.

Semitic languages, Northwest--Style.

Semitic languages, Northwest--Phonemics.

Language and languages.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xxii, 419 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Problem with Puns

1.1. Previous Taxonomies and Vocabulary

1.2. Terms and Taxonomy in This Book

2. Methodological Considerations

2.1. Intentionality

2.2. Text Reception

2.3. Proximity

2.4. Scripts, Writing Systems, and Scribal Potential

2.4.1. Sumerian

2.4.2. Akkadian

2.4.3. Egyptian

2.4.4. Ugaritic

2.4.5. Hebrew and Aramaic

2.5. Grammaticality

3. Function

3.1. Aesthetic

3.2. Onomatopoeic

3.3. Emphatic

3.4. Rhetorical

3.5. Humorous

3.6. Ironic

3.7. Deceptive

3.8. Referential

3.9. Allusive

3.10. Appellative

3.10.1. Appellative Paronomasia within the Text

3.10.2. Appellative Paronomasia on the Author's Name

3.11. Structural

3.12. Mnemonic

3.13. Hermeneutic

3.13.1. Divinatory

3.13.2. Medical Diagnoses

3.13.3. Commentaries

3.13.4. Riddles

3.14. Concealing

3.15. Theological/Didactic

3.15.1. Demonstrate Shared Essence

3.15.2. Demonstrate Divine Ineffability

3.15.3. Demonstrate Lex talionis

3.15.4. Demonstrate Lessons

3.16. Display Erudition

3.17. Performative

3.18. Complexities

4. Taxonomy

4.1. Types of Polysemy

4.1.1. Contronymic Polysemy

4.1.2. Double entendres

4.1.3. Antanaclasis

4.1.4. Unidirectional Polysemy

4.1.5. Multidirectional Polysemy

4.1.6. Double Polysemy

4.1.7. Bilingual Polysemy

4.1.8. Polysemy Clusters

4.1.9. Numerical Polysemy

4.1.10. Isopsephy

4.1.11. Notariqon

4.1.12. Acrostics

4.1.13. Transposition

4.1.14. Amphiboly

4.2. Types of Paronomasia

4.2.1. Homoeopropheron

4.2.2. Homoioteleuton

4.2.3. Anastrophe

4.2.4. Epanastrophe

4.2.5. Parasonance

4.2.6. Homonymic Paronomasia

4.2.7. Numerical Paronomasia

4.2.8. Bilingual Paronomasia

4.2.9. Anagrammatic Paronomasia

4.2.10. Hendiadic Paronomasia

4.2.11. Rhyme

4.2.12. Geminate Parallelism and Clustering

4.3. Complexities

5. Conclusions

5.1. Preferences and Distribution

5.2. Fundamental Principles and Strategies

5.2.1. Ambiguity

5.2.2. Repetition and Variation

5.2.3. Delayed Comprehension

5.2.4. Metaphor and Metonymy

5.2.5. Clustering

5.2.6. Rare Words

5.2.7. Phonemes and Morphemes

5.2.8. Recitation, Polysemy, and Authority

5.3. Filling the Gaps

5.3.1. Comprehensive Focused Studies

5.3.2. Distribution of Phonemes

5.3.3. Micro and Macro Considerations

5.3.4. Relationships between Devices

5.3.5. Relationship between Aural and Visual Registers

5.3.6. Musical Connections

5.3.7. Rendering Biblical Hebrew Polysemy and Paronomasia in the Textual Witnesses

5.3.8. The Need for Greater Precision

5.4. Function.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780884144755

0884144755

OCLC:

1239650353