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Conceptual blending in early Christian discourse : a cognitive linguistic analysis of pastoral metaphors in patristic literature /

Cognitive linguists and biblical and patristic scholars have recently given more attention to the presence of conceptual blends in early Christian texts, yet there has been so far no comprehensive study of the general role of conceptual blending as a generator of novel meanings in early Christianity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gomola, Aleksander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Walter de Gruyter, 2018.
Edición:1 [edition].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The aim and theoretical framework of this monograph
  • 2. Conceptual blending in biblical exegesis
  • 3. The cultural background of the image of the church as a flock
  • 4. A taxonomy of blends which constitute the image of the church as a flock in early Christian discourse
  • 5. THE FLOCK OF THE CHURCH IS THE FLOCK OF ISRAEL (FCFI)
  • 6. SHEPHERDS ARE THE SHEPHERD (SAS)
  • 7. The THE CHURCH IS GOD'S FLOCK (CGF) blend in the New Testament and shepherding imagery in The Shepherd of Hermas
  • 8. The CGF blend as a conceptual instrument in early church life and practice
  • 9. The THE CHURCH IS GOD'S FLOCK blend as a conceptual instrument in early church liturgy and theology
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources
  • Index of Biblical Sources and Pseudepigrapha.