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Re: Puns.

From: Tyler Connoley <johntyler AT connoley.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Puns.
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:29:54 -0500

On 6/28/02 5:00 AM, Ian Goldsmith wrote:

> Liz gave me a good line on a pun in Genesis 3 a while
> back and it was mentioned that there are others.

So, what's the pun in Genesis 3? I love a good pun, though I have to say
seminary has made me better at finding the double entendres in the text
Boaz had lots of seed, but no wife to uncover his feet. Wink. Wink.

-Tyler
--
³The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it.²
-Chinese Proverb

Puns., Ian Goldsmith, 06/28/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Puns., Tyler Connoley, 06/28/2002
- Re: Puns., Yigal Levin, 06/28/2002
- Re: Puns., Charles David Isbell, 06/28/2002
- Re: Puns., Alastair Haines, 06/29/2002
- Re: Puns., Tyler Connoley, 06/30/2002