Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis : : Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18 /

Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis : : Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18 / / Claudia D. Bergmann.

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Crises and catastrophes of all kinds have always confronted humans with great challenges. The present study examines the question of how literary texts process and deal with these challenges through the imaginary world of metaphors. It concentrates on the metaphor of childbirth, which compares peopl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Bergmann, Claudia D.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2009]
©2008
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 382
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Physical Description:1 online resource (267 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Acient Near East
  • Chapter 2. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible
  • Chapter 3. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Local Crisis
  • Chapter 4. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Universal Crisis
  • Chapter 5. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Personal Crisis
  • Chapter 6. 1QH XI, 1-18: The Birth Metaphor at Qumran
  • Conclusion
  • Backmatter

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