Biblical ambiguities : metaphor, semantics, and divine imagery /

Biblical ambiguities : metaphor, semantics, and divine imagery /

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Author / Creator:Aaron, David H., 1956-
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 221 pages).
Language:English
Series:Brill reference library of ancient Judaism, 1566-1237 ; v. 4
Brill reference library of ancient Judaism ; v. 4.
Subject:
Bible. -- Old Testament -- Language, style.
Bible. -- Old Testament.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11131123
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ISBN:1417561580
9781417561582
904740078X
9789047400783
9789004120327
9004120327
9004120327
1280464615
9781280464614
9786610464616
6610464618
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Aaron, David H., 1956- Biblical ambiguities. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001 9004120327

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