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

Contributor(s): Noegel, Scott (Author)

ISBN: 9780940490208

Publisher: American Oriental Society

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Pub Date: June 30, 2007

Dewey: 154.6309394

LCCN: 2006103173

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.39 lbs) 362 pages

BISAC Categories:

SelfHelp | Dreams | History | Ancient | General

Series: American Oriental

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Description: 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 Akkadian literary and epistolary accounts of enigmatic dreams.

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