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The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

  • Edited by: Markus Witte and Sven Behnke
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015
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Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook

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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.

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Markus Witte and Sven Behnke, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.

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    Vorwort

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    Die besondere Rede

    1
    Friedrich V. Reiterer
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    (Some) Domains of Metaphor in Hellenistic Literature

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    Markus Asper
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    „Das Licht Gottes” – Metaphern in der Tobiterzählung

    59
    Beate Ego
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    Metaphors and the Character Construction of Tobias in the Book of Tobit

    75
    Francis M. Macatangay
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    The Book of Judith as a Reversal of the Sexual and Marital Metaphors in Jeremiah 2:20–3:20 and Hosea 1–3

    87
    Nancy Nam Hoon Tan
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    „...indem er Feuer und Würmer in ihr Fleisch gibt“ (Jdt 16,17)

    107
    Judith Gärtner and Barbara Schmitz
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    Arboreal Metaphors and Botanical Symbolism in the Theodotion Susanna Narrative

    125
    Jeremy Corley
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    Gebrauch und Funktionen der metaphorischen Rede im 1. Makkabäerbuch

    153
    Michael Tilly
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    Metaphern im 2. Makkabäerbuch

    173
    Tobias Nicklas
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    Metaphern bei Josephus: Soll man, kann man sie übersetzen?

    185
    Folker Siegert
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    Metaphern im Septuaginta-Psalter

    203
    Joachim Schaper
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    Auferstehungsmetaphorik in der Septuaginta des Hiobbuches

    215
    Evangelia G. Dafni
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    Von der „fremden Frau” zu „Frau Torheit“

    233
    Bernd U. Schipper
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    Garment Imagery in the Book of Ben Sira

    257
    Nuria Calduch-Benages
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    Metaphors in 4 Maccabees

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    Johann Cook
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    Metapher und Allegorie bei Philon von Alexandrien

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    Otto Kaiser
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    Accomodating the Political: Philo’s King Metaphor

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    Maren R. Niehoff
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    Metaphors in the Closing Verses of the Book of Baruch

    345
    Géza G. Xeravits
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    Leben in Metaphern

    355
    Stefan Beyerle
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    Creation Encrypted: Ontology through Metaphor

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    Florentina Badalanova Geller
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    Metaphor and the Poetics of Scriptural Rewriting in Jubilees

    411
    D. Andrew Teeter
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    Jüdische Metaphern im Thomasevangelium

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    Jens Schröter
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    Kognitive Metapher „Anderssein ist eine Grenze“ im antiken Judentum und Urchristentum

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    Vadim Wittkowsky
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    ‘Metaphorical’ Redefinition of Church Space through LXX Texts on Christian Monuments from Asia Minor

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    Cilliers Breytenbach
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    Some Metaphors in Early Rabbinic Liturgy

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    Stefan C. Reif
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    Glaubten antike Christenmenschen an ihre Bilder für Himmel und Hölle?

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    Christoph Markschies
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    Autorinnen und Autoren

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110373998
eBook ISBN: 9783110373998
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Exegesis; theology; literary studies; Judaica
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