Chapter 4. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Universal Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Acient Near East 9
5. Chapter 2. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible 60
6. Chapter 3. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Local Crisis 82
7. Chapter 4. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Universal Crisis 115
8. Chapter 5. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Personal Crisis 127
9. Chapter 6. 1QH XI, 1-18: The Birth Metaphor at Qumran 164
10. Conclusion 218
11. Backmatter 223