Metaphor and ideology : liber antiquitatum biblicarum and literary methods through a cognitive lens / by Mary Therese DesCamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DesCamp, Mary Therese.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 87.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pseudo-Philo. Liber antiquitatum biblicarum.

Pseudo-Philo.

Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.

Bible.

Cognitive grammar.

Narration in the Bible.

Women in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary scholars have sharply disagreed over the importance of the loquacious women of Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum . Using the methods of contemporary Cognitive Linguistics, Ideology and Metaphor develops a systematic, replicable reading of the text and its characters, showing how Pseudo-Philo uses these women’s stories to articulate the text’s theology and ideology. The analysis also explores how the author redefines the term «mother» in order to sanction the female authority to interpret and instruct. The conceptual blends that compose the text’s distinctive and sometimes dissonant metaphors are analyzed in detail. This monograph also explores how a re-written Bible establishes its authority and awards authority to specific characters and how rhetorical and narrative methodologies fit within cognitive linguistics.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials

Chapter One. Pseudo Philo’s Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum

Chapter Two. Conceptual Blending And Metaphor Theory

Chapter Three. Robert Alter’s Narrative Theory Through A Cognitive Lens

Chapter Four. Perelman And Olbrechts-Tyteca’s \'New\' Rhetoric Through A Cognitive Lens

Chapter Five. Rewritten Bible As Conceptual Blend: Establishing Authority In Pseudo-Philo

Chapter Six. Biblical Insertions: Time Out Of Joint

Chapter Seven. Error Or Intention? Mixed-Up Metaphors

Chapter Eight. Quotations, Character, And Authority

Chapter Nine. Humility And Leadership

Chapter Ten. Women In Lab: Mother Knows Best

Chapter Eleven. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index Of Subject

Index Of Passages From Pseudo-Philo

Index Of Passages From Hebrew Bible

Index Of Character From Pseudo-Philo.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-356) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-93651-0

9786611936518

90-474-2186-8

OCLC:

310422937

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004161795.i-368 DOI