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subject	book bibliographic info
wordplay	Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 53, 68, 84, 86, 90, 108, 168 Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 54, 56, 150 Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 271, 272, 399 Moxon (2017), Peter's Halakhic Nightmare: The 'Animal' Vision of Acts 10:9–16 in Jewish and Graeco-Roman Perspective. 217 Rubenstein (2018), The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings, 29, 99 Thonemann (2020), An Ancient Dream Manual: Artemidorus' the Interpretation of Dreams, 5, 41, 45, 46, 95, 98, 131, 137, 138, 155, 156, 157, 205, 217 Wilson (2012), The Sentences of Sextus, 51, 151, 158, 180, 196, 267, 291, 359, 369, 372
wordplay, examples of	Hirshman (2009), The Stabilization of Rabbinic Culture, 100 C, 21
wordplay, language and style, book of judith	Gera (2014), Judith, 87, 90, 108, 216, 226, 282, 292, 347, 348, 369, 388, 412, 416
wordplay, on name, ajax, locrian	Pillinger (2019), Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature, 132
wordplay, on names	Bezzel and Pfeiffer (2021), Prophecy and Hellenism, 77
wordplay, parody	Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 147, 148
wordplay, tryphe, tryphe-tyche	Ruiz and Puertas (2021), Emperors and Emperorship in Late Antiquity: Images and Narratives, 106

List of validated texts:

4 validated results for "wordplay"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 15.1, 18.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Wordplay, in dreams and interpretation • language and style, Book of Judith, wordplay • wordplay

Found in books: Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 53; Gera (2014), Judith, 216, 348; Moxon (2017), Peter's Halakhic Nightmare: The 'Animal' Vision of Acts 10:9–16 in Jewish and Graeco-Roman Perspective. 373

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15.1 אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה לֵאמֹר אַל־תִּירָא אַבְרָם אָנֹכִי מָגֵן לָךְ שְׂכָרְךָ הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד׃ ^15.1 וַיִּקַּח־לוֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתָּוֶךְ וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ־בִּתְרוֹ לִקְרַאת רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּר לֹא בָתָר׃ ^18.3 וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים׃ ^18.3 וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אַל־נָא תַעֲבֹר מֵעַל עַבְדֶּךָ׃'' None

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15.1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.’ ^18.3 and said: ‘My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.'' None

2. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 12.18 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • wordplay

Found in books: Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 168; Wilson (2012), The Sentences of Sextus, 180

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12.18 יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּא׃'' None

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12.18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.'' None

3. Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel, 28.13, 28.17 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Wordplay, in dreams and interpretation • language and style, Book of Judith, wordplay

Found in books: Gera (2014), Judith, 292, 348; Moxon (2017), Peter's Halakhic Nightmare: The 'Animal' Vision of Acts 10:9–16 in Jewish and Graeco-Roman Perspective. 373

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28.13 וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ אַל־תִּירְאִי כִּי מָה רָאִית וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה אֶל־שָׁאוּל אֱלֹהִים רָאִיתִי עֹלִים מִן־הָאָרֶץ׃ ^28.17 וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה לוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיָדִי וַיִּקְרַע יְהוָה אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה מִיָּדֶךָ וַיִּתְּנָהּ לְרֵעֲךָ לְדָוִד׃'' None

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28.13 And the king said to her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said to Sha᾽ul, I saw a godlike man ascending out of the earth. ^28.17 And the Lord has done for himself, as he spoke by me: for the Lord has rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, to David:'' None

4. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Wordplay, in dreams and interpretation • wordplay

Found in books: Moxon (2017), Peter's Halakhic Nightmare: The 'Animal' Vision of Acts 10:9–16 in Jewish and Graeco-Roman Perspective. 197, 198, 246; Thonemann (2020), An Ancient Dream Manual: Artemidorus' the Interpretation of Dreams, 45, 46

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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