Metaphors in the narrative of Ephesians 2:11-22 : : motion towards maximal proximity and higher status / / Oscar E. Jiménez.

• Superior document: Linguistic Biblical Studies
• VerfasserIn: Jiménez, Oscar E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistic Biblical Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)

"Oscar E. Jiménez opens up the multi-dimensional implications of Ephesians 2:11-22 for narrative and theological analysis, demonstrating that each metaphor in the text blends and creates a single, complex narrative. Concentric spatial places construct the text's landscape on which the Gentiles move, each place representing increasing intimacy and familiarity through national, familial, architectural, and cultic images. Christ is the vehicle of that motion, and also the agent, breaking down walls and abolishing enmity, and ultimately building the structure as both builder and cornerstone. This will be an important book for New Testament scholars and scholars interested in the use of linguistics in Biblical studies, in particular literary and narrative analysis to the New Testament epistles"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1 Prologue -- 1 Previous Non-Metaphorical Approaches to Ephesians 2 -- 2 Previous Metaphorical Approaches to Ephesians 2 -- 3 The Scope of This Book -- 4 Overview of This Book -- 4.1 Stage Directions -- 4.2 The Drama -- 2 Stage Directions: Methodology for Framing Narrative -- 1 Introduction to Stage Directions -- 2 Unit 1: The Interaction of Narrative with Story, Epistle, and Metaphor -- 2.1 Narrative and Story -- 2.2 Narrative and Epistolary Literature -- 2.3 Narrative and Metaphor -- 3 Unit 2: Framing Metaphor and Metonymy -- 3.1 Frame Semantics -- 3.2 Conceptual Metaphors -- 3.3 Conceptual Metonymy -- 4 Conclusion to Stage Directions -- 3 Drama-Act I: From Outsiders to Insiders -- 1 Introduction to Act I -- 1.1 Overview of the Drama -- 1.2 Overview of Act I: Transformation: "Then" and "Now" -- 2 Act I, Scene 1: Then - "Remember Who You Were" -- 2.1 Literary Background -- 2.2 Ephesians 2:11 - Remember -- 3 Act I, Scene 2: Now - "Let Me Tell You Where You Are Now" -- 3.1 Ephesians 2:13 -- 4 Conclusion to Act I -- 4 Drama-Act II: One Plus One Equals One -- 1 Introduction to Act II -- 1.1 Overview of the Drama -- 1.2 Overview of Act II: Explanation - "Why" and "How" -- 2 Act II, Scene 1: What Christ Did -- 2.1 Christ Is Peace -- 2.2 Christ Makes Peace -- 3 Act II, Scene 2: What Christ Enables the Audience to Experience -- 3.1 Christ Preaches Peace -- 3.2 Christ Enables Peace (with the Father) -- 4 Conclusion to Act II -- 5 Drama-Act III: A More Perfect Union -- 1 Introduction to Act III -- 1.1 Overview of the Drama -- 1.2 Overview of Act III: The Result "So Then" -- 2 Act III, Scene 1: A Shared Identity -- 2.1 The Outside -- 2.2 The Inside -- 2.3 god's territory is a city -- 2.4 god's territory is a household -- 3 Act III, Scene 2: A Shared Purpose.

3.1 The Foundation -- 3.2 The Construction -- 3.3 The Purpose -- 4 Conclusion to Act III -- Epilogue -- 1 The Question and the Method -- 2 The Drama -- 3 Cognitive Linguistics and Biblical Studies -- 3.1 Frame Semantics -- 3.2 Conceptual Metaphors -- 3.3 Spatial Metaphors -- 3.4 Conceptual Metonymies -- 3.5 Embodied Simulations -- 4 Avenues for Further Research -- Postscript: Implications of This Monograph for the Twenty-First-Century Church -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Sources.