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Title The metaphorical use of language in Deuterocanonical and cognate literature / edited by Markus Witte and Sven Behnke
Published Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (566 pages)
Series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 1614-3361 ; Yearbook 2014/2015
Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; Yearbook 2014/2015.
Contents Vorwort; Inhalt; Die besondere RedeGrundsätzliche Überlegungen zu den Metaphern und deren Bedeutung für die Bibel; (Some) Domains of Metaphor in Hellenistic Literature; "Das Licht Gottes" -- Metaphern in der Tobiterzählung; Metaphors and the Character Construction of Tobias in the Book of Tobit; The Book of Judith as a Reversal of the Sexual and Marital Metaphors in Jeremiah 2:20-3:20 and Hosea 1-3; " ... indem er Feuer und Würmer in ihr Fleisch gibt" (Jdt 16,17); Arboreal Metaphors and Botanical Symbolism in the Theodotion Susanna Narrative
Gebrauch und Funktionen der metaphorischen Rede im 1. MakkabäerbuchMetaphern im 2. Makkabäerbuch; Metaphern bei Josephus: Soll man, kann man sie übersetzen?; Metaphern im Septuaginta-Psalter; Auferstehungsmetaphorik in der Septuaginta des Hiobbuches; Von der "fremden Frau" zu "Frau Torheit"; Garment Imagery in the Book of Ben Sira; Metaphors in 4 Maccabees; Metapher und Allegorie bei Philon von Alexandrien; Accomodating the Political: Philo's King Metaphor; Metaphors in the Closing Verses of the Book of Baruch; Leben in Metaphern; Creation Encrypted: Ontology through Metaphor
Metaphor and the Poetics of Scriptural Rewriting in JubileesJüdische Metaphern im Thomasevangelium; Kognitive Metapher "Anderssein ist eine Grenze" im antiken Judentum und Urchristentum; 'Metaphorical' Redefinition of Church Space through LXX Texts on Christian Monuments from Asia Minor; Some Metaphors in Early Rabbinic Liturgy; Glaubten antike Christenmenschen an ihre Bilder für Himmel und Hölle?; Autorinnen und Autoren; Stellenregister (in Auswahl)
Summary Metaphors are a vital linguistic component of religious speech and serve as a cultural indicator of how groups understand themselves and the world. The essays compiled in this volume analyze the use, function, and structure of metaphors in Jewish writings from the Hellenistic-Roman period (including the works of Philo and the texts of Qumran), as well as in apocryphal early Christian texts and inscriptions
Analysis Exegesis
Judaica
literary studies
theology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Apocrypha -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Apocrypha fast
Subject Metaphor in the Bible.
Metaphor in literature.
Jewish religious literature -- History and criticism
Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
Christian literature, Early
Jewish religious literature
Metaphor in literature
Metaphor in the Bible
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Witte, Markus, editor
Behnke, Sven, editor
ISBN 9783110373998
3110373998
3110355051
9783110355055
3110386232
9783110386233