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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813987103321

Autore

Dille Sarah J

Titolo

Mixing metaphors : God as mother and father in Deutero-Isaiah / / Sarah J. Dille

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80320-0

9786611803209

0-8264-6969-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 398

Gender, culture, theory ; ; 13

Disciplina

224/.1066

Soggetti

God - Motherhood - Biblical teaching

God - Fatherhood - Biblical teaching

Metaphor

Metaphor in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Emory University).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 UNDERSTANDING METAPHOR; Chapter 2 KINSHIP AND BIRTH IN DEUTERO-ISAIAH AND ANCIENT ISRAEL; Chapter 3 LIKE A WOMAN IN LABOR: ISAIAH 42.8-17; Chapter 4 YHWH'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS: ISAIAH 43.1-7; Chapter 5 THE DIVINE ARTISAN: ISAIAH 45.9-13; Chapter 6 CAN A MOTHER FORGET? ISAIAH 49.13-23; Chapter 7 DIVINE HUSBAND AND FATHER: ISAIAH 50.1-3; Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

While most treatments of biblical metaphor examine individual metaphors in isolation, Sarah J. Dille presents a model for interpretation based on their interaction with one another. Using Lakoff and Johnson's category of "metaphoric coherence", she argues that when nonconsistent or contradictory metaphors appear together in a literary unit, the areas of overlap (coherence) are highlighted in each. Using the images of father and mother in Deutero-Isaiah as a starting point, she explores how these images interact with others: for example,



the divine warrior, the redeeming kinsman, the artisan of