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Conceptual Metaphors in Poetic Texts : Proceedings of the Metaphor Research Group of the European Association of Biblical Studies in Lincoln 2009 / ed. by Antje Labahn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its ContextsPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781617190292
  • 9781463221676
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  • 220
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface and Introduction -- 1. HISTORICAL BOOKS -- Heart as a Conceptual Metaphor in Chronicles. Metaphors as Representations of Concepts of Reality: Conceptual Metaphors — a New Paradigm in Metaphor Research -- What did Jotham talk about? Metaphorical Rhetoric in Judg 9:7–20 -- 2. PSALMS AND SAPIENTIAL TEXTS -- Creation, Creator and Conceptual Metaphor in Psalm 19:2–7 and Genesis 1–3 -- Job 3: Metaphors Turned Into Their Contrary -- “I Melt Away and Will No Longer Live.” The Use of Metaphor in Job’s Self-Descriptions -- The Tree of Metaphors. עץ חיים in the Book of Proverbs -- 3. PROPHETS -- A Tale of Heaven and Earth. Metaphor as Dialogue with the Inner and Outer Biblical World of Second Isaiah -- The Wilderness in Hosea -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The Hebrew Bible discusses difficult and often ineffable subjects such as life, God, heaven and earth and frequently relies upon metaphor to do so. This volume of collected essays offers a new methodological approach to understanding metaphors as conceptualizing aspects of life. Articles provide close analysis of metaphors in various biblical books such as Psalms, Job, Judges, Chronicles, Isaiah, and Hosea.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface and Introduction -- 1. HISTORICAL BOOKS -- Heart as a Conceptual Metaphor in Chronicles. Metaphors as Representations of Concepts of Reality: Conceptual Metaphors — a New Paradigm in Metaphor Research -- What did Jotham talk about? Metaphorical Rhetoric in Judg 9:7–20 -- 2. PSALMS AND SAPIENTIAL TEXTS -- Creation, Creator and Conceptual Metaphor in Psalm 19:2–7 and Genesis 1–3 -- Job 3: Metaphors Turned Into Their Contrary -- “I Melt Away and Will No Longer Live.” The Use of Metaphor in Job’s Self-Descriptions -- The Tree of Metaphors. עץ חיים in the Book of Proverbs -- 3. PROPHETS -- A Tale of Heaven and Earth. Metaphor as Dialogue with the Inner and Outer Biblical World of Second Isaiah -- The Wilderness in Hosea -- Contributors -- Index

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The Hebrew Bible discusses difficult and often ineffable subjects such as life, God, heaven and earth and frequently relies upon metaphor to do so. This volume of collected essays offers a new methodological approach to understanding metaphors as conceptualizing aspects of life. Articles provide close analysis of metaphors in various biblical books such as Psalms, Job, Judges, Chronicles, Isaiah, and Hosea.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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