Puns and Wordplay in the Bible

Kent West makes a 6-minute presentation concerning some puns, wordplay, and literary devices in the Bible. The presentation was made to the North Fifth and Grape church of Christ in Abilene, TX, Wednesday evening, 2009 March 18.

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Education

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• kent west
• bible
• puns
• wordplay

[westingpeacefully]

Thanks for the nice comment!

In addition to these puns, etc, there's a mention of God tossing a government official, like a ball, into another land, in Isaiah 22:18. Paul, in Ephesians 3, bows his knees before the "Pater" from whom every "patria" is named. The revolutionary who was released from prison in lieu of Jesus, Son of Abba, was named Jesus, son of Abbas. The Bible is just full of these sorts of word-play.

[levipack]

Why have I never heard this before? If you have any more post them.

[dralliwl]

nice presentation :) L

[MarfaFilmz]

this was a great lesson. I was sitting less than ten feet from you while you did this. i am glad you posted it. the there is nothing better to do and i am tired of hearing music, i listen to this video while i am in other windows. it still feels the way it did when i heard it live...