Susanna and the Elders: A Hebrew Legend with Egyptian Wordplay?
The Egyptian word seshen (“water lily,” a cognate of the Hebrew name Susanna, written with hieroglyphs depicting a door bolt, a garden pool, and water), may have inspired the setting of the Theodotion form of Daniel 13:1–27. This may constitute a novel type of “bilingual visual paronomasia,” and poi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 166-171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Daniel 13
/ Susanna Biblical character
/ Egypt (Altertum, Motiv)
/ Theodotion, Interpres Veteris Testamenti ca. 2. Jh.
B Paronomasia |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
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Old Greek Bible
B Egyptian hieroglyphs B Hebrew Bible B Paronomasia B Book of Daniel B Theodotion B Susanna |
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