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200 10$aBiblical ambiguities$b[electronic resource] $emetaphor, semantics, and divine imagery /$fby David H. Aaron
210   $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2001
215   $a1 online resource (232 p.)
225 1 $aThe Brill reference library of ancient Judaism,$x1566-1237 ;$vv. 4
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-04-12032-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and indexes.
327   $aTable 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
330   $aThis volume poses as its central question: when we read a passage in the Hebrew Bible, how do we know whether the passage was meant literally or metaphorically? This study argues that our assumptions as to how language works influences the way we interpret biblical texts.
410  0$aBrill reference library of ancient Judaism ;$vv. 4.
606   $aMetaphor in the Bible
615  0$aMetaphor in the Bible.
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