Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job : : An Analysis of Job's Spatial Metaphors.

• Superior document: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements Series ; v.179
• Author: de Joode, Johan.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue -- 1.2 Hypothesis and Background -- 1.3 Structure -- Chapter 2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A Pragmatic Synthesis -- 2.1 Metaphor: An Introduction -- 2.1.1 Source and Target Domain -- 2.1.2 Mapping -- 2.1.3 Unidirectionality -- 2.1.4 Conceptual Metaphor -- 2.2 What is One 'Thing' and What is 'Another'? -- 2.2.1 Categorization -- 2.2.2 Framing -- 2.2.3 Embodied Cognition -- 2.2.4 Gestalt Theory -- 2.3 What is 'Understanding' One Thing in Terms of Another? -- 2.4 The Competitive Edge of Metaphors We Live By -- 2.5 Critiques of Metaphors We Live By -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Spatial Metaphor in Language and Cognition -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.2 Spatial Semantics -- 3.2.1 Location and Motion -- 3.2.2 Spatial Configurations -- 3.3 Spatial Metaphors -- 3.3.1 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors -- 3.3.2 Image Schemata -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 3.5 Application -- Chapter 4 Boundaries and Containment -- 4.1 The Body is a Container -- 4.2 The Boundaries of the Body -- 4.3 The Boundaries around the Body -- 4.4 Boundaries in the Prologue -- 4.4.1 Protective Boundaries -- 4.4.2 Wholeness -- 4.5 The Rationale behind These Metaphors -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Place and Placelessness -- 5.1 Retribution is the Attribution of a Place -- 5.1.1 The Place of Those Who Do Not Know God -- 5.1.2 Agency -- 5.1.3 Job's Place -- 5.2 Rootedness and Rootlessness -- 5.2.1 Places and Rootedness -- 5.2.2 Rootlessness and the Fate of the Wicked -- 5.3 Metaphorical Objects and their Place -- 5.3.1 Holding on to One's Integrity -- 5.3.2 Possessions and Collocation -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Direction and Distance -- 6.1 Ethics is a Journey -- 6.2 Ethics is Distance -- 6.2.1 Collocation with Evil -- 6.2.2 Contact with Evil.

6.2.3 A Taste of Evil -- 6.3 Ill-being is a Moving Object -- 6.3.1 Ill-being Approaches the Individual -- 6.3.2 Ill-being Touches the Individual -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Job's Post-Traumatic Spatial Metaphors as Theological Challenges -- 7.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue and Dialogue -- 7.2 Job's Lack of Control and God's Agency -- 7.3 Spatial Causality as a Challenge to Retribution Theology -- 7.3.1 Two Models for Retribution -- 7.3.2 The Theological Challenge -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Spatial Configurations in the Divine Speech -- 8.1 Interpreting the Divine Speech -- 8.1.1 Implicit Responses -- 8.1.2 Explicit Responses -- 8.1.3 The Dilemma of the Prologue -- 8.2 An Alternative Geography -- 8.2.1 Creative and Protective Containment -- 8.2.2 Impenetrable Boundaries -- 8.2.3 Wisdom and Navigation -- 8.2.4 A Vertical Hierarchy -- 8.3 A Different Landscape -- 8.3.1 Literal Spatial Language -- 8.3.2 A New Frame of Reference -- 8.3.3 Allusions to Job's Metaphorical Landscapes -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Citations.