LEADER 02553nam 22006014a 450 001 9910973434603321 005 20251116151808.0 010 $a1-280-46461-5 010 $a9786610464616 010 $a1-4175-6158-0 010 $a90-474-0078-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032922 035 $a(EBL)253474 035 $a(OCoLC)191039264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111251 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140927 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111251 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080537 035 $a(PQKB)10054455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253474 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10090631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46461 035 $a(OCoLC)57190058 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032922 100 $a20001226d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiblical ambiguities $emetaphor, semantics, and divine imagery /$fby David H. Aaron 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (232 pages) 225 1 $aThe Brill reference library of ancient Judaism,$x1566-1237 ;$vv. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$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. 676 $a221.6/6 700 $aAaron$b David H.$f1956-$01890317 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973434603321 996 $aBiblical ambiguities$94532119 997 $aUNINA