Biblical ambiguities [[electronic resource] ] : metaphor, semantics, and divine imagery / / by David H. Aaron

• Autore: Aaron David H. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.6/6
• Soggetto topico: Metaphor in the Bible
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biblical ambiguities
• ISBN: 1-280-46461-5; 9786610464616; 1-4175-6158-0; 90-474-0078-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783498703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Brill reference library of ancient Judaism ; ; v. 4.