Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men : : Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East / / Tyler R. Yoder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Yoder, Tyler R.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

The metaphor is a hallmark of Classical Hebrew poetry. Some metaphors, such as "Yhwh is king" or "Yhwh is warrior," play a foundational role. The same does not hold for metaphors from the fishing industry. Because they had access to only two major freshwater sources, archaeolog...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. Surveying the Water: Introductory Matters
• 1.1. Why Fishing Imagery?
• 1.2. What Fishing Imagery?
• 1.3. Previous Studies and the Scope of This Study
• 1.4. Methodology
• 1.5. The World of the Fisher
• 1.6. Fishing Terminology in the Hebrew Bible
• Chapter 2. Heavenly Fishing: Divine Fishers in the Ancient Near East
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Divine Fishers in the Ancient Near East
• 2.3. Divine Fishers in the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah 16:16-18)
• 2.4. Synthesis
• Chapter 3. Fishers of Men: Divine Discipline as Fishing Image
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Textual Analysis (Amos 4:1-3; Habakkuk 1:14-17; Ezekiel 12:13-14; 17:16-21; 19:1-9)
• 3.3. Synthesis
• Chapter 4. Monster Mash: "Big-Game" Fishing Imagery
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Hebrew Bible (Job 40:25-32; Ezekiel 29:1-6a; 32:1-10)
• 4.3. Enūma Eliš
• 4.4. Synthesis
• Chapter 5. Deadliest Catch: Fishing Imagery and Tragedy
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. Mesopotamian Literature
• 5.3. Hebrew Bible (Qohelet 9:11-12)
• 5.4. Synthesis
• Chapter 6. "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times": Fishing Imagery, Polarity, and Prophetic Literature
• 6.1. Introduction
• 6.2. It Was the Worst of Times (Isaiah 19:5-10; Ezekiel 26:1-14)
• 6.3. It Was the Best of Times Where God Dwells (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
• 6.4. Shattering Stereotypes and Transforming Tropes
• Chapter 7. Reeling It In: Concluding Reflections
• Bibliography
• Indexes
• Index of Authors
• Index of Scripture
• Index of Subjects and Other Ancient Sources