Nocturnal Ciphers: The Allusive Language of Dreams in the Ancient Near East by Scott Noegel
Nocturnal Ciphers: The Allusive Language of Dreams in the Ancient Near East
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Scott Noegel
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Nocturnal Ciphers: The Allusive Language of Dreams in the Ancient Near East

American Oriental

Scott Noegel

362 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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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 Ak...

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