Because you bear this name : conceptual metaphor and the moral meaning of 1 Peter / by Bonnie Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Bonnie.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 81.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Peter, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Ethics in the Bible.

Metaphor in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Leiden : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study uses conceptual metaphor theory and methodology to analyze the cultural logic and symbolic context, moral content and ethical implications of 1 Peter. Conceptual metaphor study helps explain how people generate ethical understandings; it can help us recognize and account for lively moral discourse between the NT and contemporary readers.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / B.G. Howe

Introduction / B.G. Howe

Chapter One. Metaphor And Hermeneutics: A History / B.G. Howe

Chapter Two. A Contemporary Theory Of Metaphor / B.G. Howe

Chapter Three. Two ‘Analogical Imagination’ Approaches To Metaphor And Nt Ethics / B.G. Howe

Chapter Four. Before Reading 1 Peter / B.G. Howe

Chapter Five. Metamoral Metaphors: Moral Accounting Andauthority / B.G. Howe

Chapter Six. Living In Christ / B.G. Howe

Chapter Seven. Time And Events: Structured Space For Moralliving / B.G. Howe

Chapter Eight. Living In The Nation, In The Household, And In The Body / B.G. Howe

Chapter Nine. After Reading 1 Peter / B.G. Howe

Conclusion. Because You Bear This Name / B.G. Howe

Appendices / B.G. Howe

Bibliography / B.G. Howe

Author Index / B.G. Howe

Subject Index / B.G. Howe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-379) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-39855-1

9786611398552

90-474-0945-0

OCLC:

505059086

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004150959.i-398 DOI