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Wordplay on proper names in Luke-Acts / Steve Reece.

By: Reece, Steve, 1959- [author]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to Novum Testamentum: v. 197.Publisher: Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2026]Copyright date: © 2026Description: xi, 274 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004746411; 9004746412Subject(s): Names in the Bible | Names, Personal -- Jewish | Names, Personal -- Semitic | Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | OnomasticsLOC classification: BS2595.6.N3 | R44 2025Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-264) and indexes.
Contents:
Luke's interest in the meaning of proper names -- Significant names in Luke-Acts -- Wordplay on the etymology of proper names in Luke-Acts -- Wordplay on proper names elsewhere in the New Testament -- The inspiration for Luke's wordplay on the etymology of proper names -- Purposes and functions of wordplay on names in Luke-Acts -- Bibliography on wordplays on the etymologies of proper names in the Hebrew Bible -- Bibliography on wordplays on the etymologies of proper names in Greek and Roman authors.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-264) and indexes.

Luke's interest in the meaning of proper names -- Significant names in Luke-Acts -- Wordplay on the etymology of proper names in Luke-Acts -- Wordplay on proper names elsewhere in the New Testament -- The inspiration for Luke's wordplay on the etymology of proper names -- Purposes and functions of wordplay on names in Luke-Acts -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Bibliography on wordplays on the etymologies of proper names in the Hebrew Bible -- Appendix 2: Bibliography on wordplays on the etymologies of proper names in Greek and Roman authors.