Metaphorical landscapes and the theology of the Book of Job : : an analysis of Job's spatial metaphors / / by Johan de Joode.

Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job demonstrates how spatial metaphors play a crucial role in the theology of the book of Job. Themes as pivotal as trauma, ill-being, retribution, and divine character are conceptualized in terms of space; its imagery is thus dependent on spat...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 179.
Physical Description:1 online resource (290 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page / Johan de Joode
  • Dedication / Johan de Joode
  • Acknowledgments / Johan de Joode
  • Figures / Johan de Joode
  • Abbreviations / Johan de Joode
  • Introduction / Johan de Joode
  • Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A Pragmatic Synthesis / Johan de Joode
  • Spatial Metaphor in Language and Cognition / Johan de Joode
  • Boundaries and Containment / Johan de Joode
  • Place and Placelessness / Johan de Joode
  • Direction and Distance / Johan de Joode
  • Job’s Post-Traumatic Spatial Metaphors as Theological Challenges / Johan de Joode
  • Spatial Configurations in the Divine Speech / Johan de Joode
  • Conclusion / Johan de Joode
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography / Johan de Joode
  • Index of Biblical Citations / Johan de Joode.