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

Table of Contents:

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.

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