Herbert Marks on Biblical Naming and Poetic Etymology
The following article is now on-line in PDF:
Herbert Marks, “Biblical Naming and Poetic Etymology,” Journal of Biblical Literature 114.1 (Spring 1995): 21-42. Click here to view.
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