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Author: Johan de Joode
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-10-22
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9004388877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job Johan de Joode demonstrates how crucial spatial metaphors are for the theology of the book of Job.
Author: Johan de Joode
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789004388840
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job Johan de Joode demonstrates how crucial spatial metaphors are for the theology of the book of Job.
Author: Wen-Pin Leow
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2024-03-11
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 3647500062
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Critical spatial approaches — particularly those informed by the scholarship of Lefebvre, Foucault, and Soja — have significantly impacted biblical scholarship over the last twenty years. However, these spatial approaches have been limited due to the methodological challenges inherent in transposing the social-scientific approaches of the aforementioned scholars to the task of biblical interpretation. This volume adapts conceptual metaphor theory as a methodological bridge to address such constraints. The first half of the volume begins by surveying the field of critical spatiality in biblical studies, arguing for the need for fresh methodological development. Thereafter, the volume delineates a particular critical spatial approach, inspired by Lefebvre and Foucault, for which conceptual metaphor theory is proposed as a methodological bridge. The second half of the volume begins by proposing the Psalms of Ascents as a case study upon which the method could be applied. It is then argued that the proposed method – if efficacious – should provide insight on corpus' "Zion theology" and its so-called pilgrimage character. Using the proposed method in conjunction with conventional historical-grammatical tools of poetic analysis, each psalm is analysed with regard to its metaphor and spatiality. The volume concludes that the case study demonstrates the efficacy of the proposed methods by allowing a rich reading of each psalm, especially by explicating the spatial narratives and/or spatial metaphorical conceptualisations that underlie each text, and providing fresh insight on the collection as a whole.
Author: Katherine E. Southwood
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-09-02
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1000163415
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is powerfully refuted in Job’s speeches and, in particular, to show how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution. Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are analysed in a comparative way using research from medical anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the Hebrew Bible more broadly.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-11-14
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9004536299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nineteen friends and colleagues present this Festschrift to Ellen van Wolde, honouring her life-long contribution to Biblical studies. The contributions focus on the major topics that define her research: the books of Genesis and Job, and the Hebrew language.
Author: Michael S. Moore
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-11-09
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 166670735X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book of Job is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, literary accomplishments of the ancient world, yet in many ways it is just as relevant today as it was then. This book examines Job from a comparative theological perspective in order to help contemporary readers access it, learn from it, and apply its insights to contemporary life.
Author: Mason D. Lancaster
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2023-08-11
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1628375418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book of Hosea is a labyrinth of juxtaposed images for God and God’s people, with such disparate metaphors as God the devouring lion and God the reviving dew. In Hosea’s God: A Metaphorical Theology, Mason D. Lancaster demonstrates that recent advances in metaphor theory help untangle these divergent portrayals of God. He analyzes fifteen metaphor clusters in Hosea 4–14 individually, then discerns patterns and reversals between the clusters. Finally, respecting the ancient value for emphasizing individual aspects of a depiction over a homogenized picture of the whole, the book identifies five characteristics of God prominent among the metaphors of Hosea. Based on this analysis, Lancaster asserts that Hosea’s metaphorical depiction of Yahweh ultimately derives from the primacy of Yahweh’s fidelity to Israel.
Author: Timothy Wong
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 1666785318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book distinguishes itself from traditional works on science and theology by not attempting to merge Christian faith with science or provide interpretations of the creation account in the book of Genesis. The focus lies on discerning God's providence through scientific insights, offering readers a deeper understanding of his interactions with the world. This book also addresses the issue of how God can maintain control while granting us free will. How does God influence the course of history and interact with us? A fresh model for understanding how God interacts with the physical world will be introduced.
Author: Bryan Beeckman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2023-12-31
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 3111041581
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1946, Gillis Gerleman proposed a single translator for LXX Proverbs and LXX Job. After he launched this hypothesis, scholars have either confirmed or debunked this hypothesis. Although attempts have been made to come up with an adequate answer to the question of a single translator for both Proverbs and Job, scholars have, thus far, not reached consensus. Moreover, the attempts that have been made are not at all elaborate. Thus, the question remains unsolved. This book tries to formulate an answer to the question of a single translator for both Proverbs and Job by examining the translation technique and theology of both books. The translation technique of both books is analysed by examining the Greek rendering of Hebrew hapax legomena, animal, floral, plant and herb names. The theology is examined by looking at the pluses in the LXX version which contain θεός and κύριος. The results of these studies are compared with one another in order to formulate an answer to a single translator. By doing so, this book not only formulates an answer to a single translator for both LXX Proverbs and Job but also characterises their translation technique and theology in greater detail.
Author: Joel A. J. Atwood
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-10-31
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9004525394
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work provides a new, integrated approach to analysing the meaning and use of complex nouns in the Hebrew Bible, focussed on anthropological uses of the word, רוח.
