Josiah D. Peeler
Punning in Odd or Elegant Constructions in Jeremiah
The Convergence of Linguistics, Rhetoric, and Textuality in the Hebrew Text of Jeremiah
[Wortspielerei in seltsamen und eleganten Konstruktionen in Jeremia. Das Zusammenwirken von Linguistik, Rhetorik und Textualität in der hebräischen Fassung von Jeremia.]
2025. Approx. 250 pages. Summary
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The Hebrew text of Jeremiah utilizes infelicitous or symmetric elements to produce puns demonstrating a contextual theme. While previous studies have largely ignored this type of pun in the Hebrew Bible, Josiah D. Peeler illustrates that it was a common device in ancient Near Eastern textual production.