Product Description: Noegel here examines instances of Janus parallelism in the Hebrew Bible with particular attention to the book of Job, and with excursuses on the device in other ancient Near Esatern literatures. The author finds the punning device integral to the book of Job, serving a referential function...read more

Product Description: In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active intervention. Men and women were thus eager to interpret, appeal to, and even control the gods and their agents...read more

Discusses the history of prophecies and prophets in both Judaism and Islam.

Product Description: Essays on on the use of word play in the books of the Old Testament as well as in ancient and medieval books and works in Sumerian, Canaanite, Akkadian, Syriac, Rabbinic Hebrew, and Arabic. This gathering of essays from renown scholars gives one an appreciation of the artistry that went into the composing and editing of these great works of literature...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)