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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454087503321

Autore

Forti Tova

Titolo

Animal imagery in the book of Proverbs [[electronic resource] /] / by Tova L. Forti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-281-93982-X

9786611939823

90-474-2362-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the Vetus Testamentum, , 0083-5889 ; ; v. 118

Disciplina

223/.7064

Soggetti

Symbolism in the Bible

Animals in the Bible

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / T. Forti -- Chapter 1. Introduction / T. Forti -- Chapter 2. Animal Imagery As A Literary And Artistic Device / T. Forti -- Chapter 3. Paradoxical Juxtaposition Of Animal Imagery And Social Categories / T. Forti -- Chapter 4. Animals As Models For Human Society / T. Forti -- Conclusion / T. Forti -- Appendix A. Animal Imagery As A Hermeneutical Tool For Analyzing The Conceptual Polarity In Qoheleth / T. Forti -- Appendix B. A New Criterion For Identifying \'Wisdom Psalms\' / T. Forti -- Bibliography / T. Forti -- Index Of Scriptural And Other Ancient References / T. Forti -- Index Of Animals / T. Forti -- Index Of Subjects / T. Forti.

Sommario/riassunto

Any treatment of the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in biblical literature requires special attention to its contextual meaning and cultural evaluation. The present study aims to demonstrate how this is particularly true of the Book of Proverbs, in which faunal imageries serve as a didactic means for delving into the more obvious truths of human behavior. This book makes a methodological contribution toward understanding the didactic function of Proverb's animal imageries by offering an ongoing three-pronged analysis: a. Zoological identification and literary perception of



the animal in the Bible; born Hermeneutic dynamics between the specific animal simile and its literary adaptation; c. Rhetorical function of the animal imagery within the conceptual framework of the Book of Proverbs.