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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825353303321

Titolo

Cognitive linguistic explorations in biblical studies / / edited by Bonnie Howe and Joel B. Green ; contributors, William A. Andrews Jr. [and thirteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-038415-9

3-11-035013-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Classificazione

BC 7800

Disciplina

220.66

Soggetti

Cognitive grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction / Green, Joel B. / Howe, Bonnie -- Motivating Biblical Metaphors for God / Sweetser, Eve / DesCamp, Mary Therese -- Looking beyond the Tree in Jeremiah 17:5-8 / Robinette, S. J. -- "Don't think of a voice!" / Andrews , William A. -- The Fruit of the Tree of Life / Lundhaug, Hugo -- Pauline Rhetorical Invention / Thaden, Robert H. von -- Sapiential Synesthesia / Goering, Greg Schmidt -- The Cognitive Structures in Galatians 1:4 / Nielsen, Jesper Tang -- Who Is in Charge? / Vugt, Miranda Vroon-van -- Cognitive Grammar at Work in Sodom and Gomorrah / Wolde, Ellen van -- 1 John 1:5-10: Conditionals and Performativity / Parris, David -- Translating "Thinking" and "Believing" in the Bible / Sanders, José -- List of Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Writing, reading, and interpretation are acts of human minds, requiring complex cognition at every point. A relatively new field of studies, cognitive linguistics, focuses on how language and cognition are interconnected: Linguistic structures both shape cognitive patterns and are shaped by them. The Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation section of the Society of Biblical Literature gathers scholars interested in applying cognitive linguistics to biblical studies, focusing on how language makes meaning, how texts evoke authority, and how



contemporary readers interact with ancient texts. This collection of essays represents first fruits from the first six years (2006-2012) of that effort, drawing on cognitive metaphor study, mental spaces and conceptual blending, narrative theory, and cognitive grammar. Contributors include Eve Sweetser, Ellen van Wolde, Hugo Lundhaug and Jesper T. Nielsen.