The Daughter of a Foreign God: Wordplay as an Interpretive Key in Malachi 2:11
In: Vetus TestamentumMalachi used the unique phrase בת־אל נכר “daughter of a foreign god” to create an ironic allusive pun to “Bethuel son of Nachor” of the Gen 24 narrative.
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Hill, p. 182.
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H. Ausloos and V. Kabergs, “Paronomasia or Wordplay? A Babel-Like Confusion: Towards a Definition of Hebrew Wordplay,” Bib 93 (2012), p. 1.
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Eddinger, p. 60. See also: H. G. Reventlow, Die Propheten Haggai, Sacharja und Maleachi: Übersetzt und erklärt (Das Alte Testament Deutsch 25/2; Göttingen, 1993), p. 148.
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The Daughter of a Foreign God: Wordplay as an Interpretive Key in Malachi 2:11
In: Vetus TestamentumMalachi used the unique phrase בת־אל נכר “daughter of a foreign god” to create an ironic allusive pun to “Bethuel son of Nachor” of the Gen 24 narrative.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Full Text Views | 204 | 1 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 27 | 5 | 2 |