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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817332303321

Autore

Aaron David H. <1956->

Titolo

Biblical ambiguities : metaphor, semantics, and divine imagery / / by David H. Aaron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001

ISBN

1-280-46461-5

9786610464616

1-4175-6158-0

90-474-0078-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages)

Collana

The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism, , 1566-1237 ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

221.6/6

Soggetti

Metaphor in the Bible

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. [201]-214) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Ambiguity and Figurative Speech; 2. Distinguishing Metaphors from Non-Metaphors; 3. A Non-Binary Conceptualization of Meaning; 4. Toward a Model for Gradient Judgments; 5. Typicality Conditions and Relevance; 6. Metaphor as a Gradient Judgment; 7. Idolatry: The Most Challenging Metaphor; 8. Aniconism as a Narrowing of the Conditions-of-Relevance; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index of Names and Subjects; Index of Scriptural References

Sommario/riassunto

This volume poses as its central question: when we read a passage in the Hebrew Bible, how do we know whether the passage was meant literally or metaphorically? This study argues that our assumptions as to how language works influences the way we interpret biblical texts.