Biblical metaphor reconsidered : a cognitive approach to poetic prophecy in Jeremiah 1-24 / Job Y. Jindo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jindo, Job Y., author.

Series:

Harvard Semitic monographs ; 64.

Harvard Semitic Museum Publications E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004365230.

Harvard semitic monographs ; no. 64

Harvard Semitic Museum publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Jeremiah, I-XXIV--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Jeremiah--Prophecies.

Bible. Jeremiah.

Metaphor in the Bible.

Prophecies.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 343 pages).

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

How do we understand the characteristically extensive presence of imagery in biblical prophecy? Poetic metaphor in prophetic writings has commonly been understood solely as an artistic flourish intended to create certain rhetorical effects. It thus appears expendable and unrelated to the core content of the composition-however engaging it may be, aesthetically or otherwise. Job Jindo invites us to reconsider this convention. Applying recent studies in cognitive science, he explores how we can view metaphor as the very essence of poetic prophecy-namely, metaphor as an indispensable mode to communicate prophetic insight. Through a cognitive reading of Jeremiah 1-24, Jindo amply demonstrates the advantage and heuristic ramifications of this approach in biblical studies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Excursus 1. On Poetic Form and Poetic Quality

Theoretical Framework: Poetic Metaphor and Cognitive Approach

The Arrangement of the Book of Jeremiah

Excursus 2. Transitional Patterning in the Book of Jeremiah

A Global Metaphor in Jeremiah 1-24: The Destruction Model

Excursus 3. On a Figurative Term for Intercession: \'Assuming a Fatherly Attitude\'

Local Metaphors in Jeremiah 1-24: Plant Imagery

Excursus 4. On Two Metaphorical Concepts of Human Creation

Excursus 5. On דאש \'Poisonous Draft\' and לענה \'Wormwood\'

Summary and Conclusion

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Authors Cited

Index of Words

Scriptural Index.

Notes:

"A thorough reworking" of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2006--P. x.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-306) and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1-24

ISBN:

9789004368187

OCLC:

567988336

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004368187 DOI

Access Restriction:

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