Nocturnal Ciphers: The Allusive Language of Dreams in the Ancient Near EastAmerican Oriental Society, 2007 - 346 من الصفحات This monograph seeks to understand the cultural context and function of wordplay as employed by ancient Mesopotamian dream interpreters and other divinatory experts. The author then aims to use this context to explain the presence of punning in Akkadian literary and epistolary accounts of enigmatic dreams. Noegel also examines the later appearance of Egyptian oneirocritic punning and explores the possibility that it represents intellectual exchange between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Building upon these observations, he then argues that Israelite, and possibly Ugaritic, literary reports of enigmatic dreams similarly reflect the punning hermeneutic and therefore also may share a mantic context, as well as possible Mesopotamian influence. Finally, Noegel traces punning oneirocritic strategy into other cultures and later times and texts, including early Greek and Talmudic literature. Noegel's investigation provides insights into a variety of subjects including the social context of divination and the production of literary texts, the role of writing and script in the divinatory process, the impact of Mesopotamian intellectual thought, the authorship of certain biblical pericopes, the relationship of oneiromancy to prophecy, and the function of ancient Near Eastern literary devices. In so doing, he draws attention to broader theoretical concerns that confront the study of the ancient world. |
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... called " inspired " Israelite modes of operation from " deduc- tive " foreign techniques , which thus allows them to explain the persistence of Israelite divination by lots and dreams.23 Since they represent inspired means of wordplay ...
... called " inspired " Israelite modes of operation from " deduc- tive " foreign techniques , which thus allows them to explain the persistence of Israelite divination by lots and dreams.23 Since they represent inspired means of wordplay ...
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... called " friendship " ( Pɩλótng ) . 151 9. Dreaming of rings without stones ( ños ) signifies “ unprofitable undertakings , since they involve incalculable risks " ( ä ¥ npol ) . 152 10. Dogs can represent fever and illness since Sirius ...
... called " friendship " ( Pɩλótng ) . 151 9. Dreaming of rings without stones ( ños ) signifies “ unprofitable undertakings , since they involve incalculable risks " ( ä ¥ npol ) . 152 10. Dogs can represent fever and illness since Sirius ...
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... called a " sign " while personifying the siege of Israel ( Ezek 75 4 : 3 ) . This shift in the locus of performative power from the written sign to spoken word to the individual prefigures the role of the rabbi in late antiquity , who ...
... called a " sign " while personifying the siege of Israel ( Ezek 75 4 : 3 ) . This shift in the locus of performative power from the written sign to spoken word to the individual prefigures the role of the rabbi in late antiquity , who ...
المحتوى
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ENIGMATIC DREAMS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE | 57 |
ENIGMATIC DREAMS IN EGYPT | 89 |
حقوق النشر | |
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