02586nam 22006014a 450 991045023980332120200520144314.01-280-46461-597866104646161-4175-6158-090-474-0078-X(CKB)1000000000032922(EBL)253474(OCoLC)191039264(SSID)ssj0000111251(PQKBManifestationID)11140927(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111251(PQKBWorkID)10080537(PQKB)10054455(MiAaPQ)EBC253474(Au-PeEL)EBL253474(CaPaEBR)ebr10090631(CaONFJC)MIL46461(OCoLC)57190058(EXLCZ)99100000000003292220001226d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiblical ambiguities[electronic resource] metaphor, semantics, and divine imagery /by David H. AaronLeiden ;Boston Brill20011 online resource (232 p.)The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism,1566-1237 ;v. 4Description based upon print version of record.90-04-12032-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and indexes.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 ReferencesThis 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.Brill reference library of ancient Judaism ;v. 4.Metaphor in the BibleElectronic books.Metaphor in the Bible.221.6/6Aaron David H.1956-894461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450239803321Biblical ambiguities1998202UNINA