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Mixing metaphors : God as mother and father in Deutero-Isaiah /

While most treatments of biblical metaphor examine individual metaphors in isolation, Sarah J. Dille presents a model for interpretation based on their interaction with one another. Using Lakoff and Johnson's category of "metaphoric coherence", she argues that when nonconsistent or co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dille, Sarah J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004.
Colección:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 398.
Gender, culture, theory ; 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While most treatments of biblical metaphor examine individual metaphors in isolation, Sarah J. Dille presents a model for interpretation based on their interaction with one another. Using Lakoff and Johnson's category of "metaphoric coherence", she argues that when nonconsistent or contradictory metaphors appear together in a literary unit, the areas of overlap (coherence) are highlighted in each. Using the images of father and mother in Deutero-Isaiah as a starting point, she explores how these images interact with others: for example, the divine warrior, the redeeming kinsman, the artisan of
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186)-and indexes.
ISBN:9780826469694
0826469698
Acceso:Legal Deposit;