| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 402 pages) : illustrations |
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Biblical interpretation series ; v. 81 |
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Biblical interpretation series ; v. 81.
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| Contents |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Overview; PART A HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY METAPHOR THEORIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS AND ETHICS; CHAPTER ONE METAPHOR AND HERMENEUTICS: A HISTORY; CHAPTER TWO A CONTEMPORARY THEORY OF METAPHOR; CHAPTER THREE TWO 'ANALOGICAL IMAGINATION' APPROACHES TO METAPHOR AND NT ETHICS; PART B CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN 1PETER: METHODOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATION; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER FOUR BEFORE READING 1PETER; CHAPTER FIVE METAMORAL METAPHORS: MORAL ACCOUNTING AND AUTHORITY; CHAPTER SIX LIVING IN CHRIST |
| Summary |
Using the tools of cognitive linguistics alongside those of scriptural analysis, Bonnie Howe clarifies our understanding of metaphor, and its deep relation to religious and moral thought. At an even deeper level, she clarifies what it means to be a reader - and what impact that has on our role specifically as readers of ancient, complex, difficult and deeply important scriptural texts. Using Gilles Fauconnier's work on conceptual integration, she explains how such texts can engage and influence us so intensely, if not simply. This is an important book for anyone who takes seriously the need to |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-379) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Peter, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Peter, 1st fast |
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Ethics in the Bible.
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Metaphor in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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Ethics in the Bible
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Metaphor in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047409458 |
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9047409450 |
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1281398551 |
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9781281398550 |
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9786611398552 |
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6611398554 |
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