The metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the people : : stinking grapes or pleasant planting? / / by Jennifer Metten Pantoja.
In The Metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the People Jennifer Metten Pantoja traces the emergence of the conceptual metaphor YHWH IS THE PLANTER OF THE PEOPLE in ancient Hebrew poetry and follows its development throughout biblical history and Second Temple literature, in order to illustrate how t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill. c2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical Interpretation Series
155. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of California, Los Angeles, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2014). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Metaphor: A Channel for Divine Communication
- Metaphor Theory: A Useful Tool for Biblical Studies
- The Storm-God and Ancient Hebrew Poetry
- Gods Planting People: A Survey
- Wine Making in Iron Age Israel
- The Vintner and His ‘Stinking Grapes’
- The ‘Pleasant Planting’: A Remnant of the People
- The Eternal Planting: A Garden Oasis
- Conclusion
- Snapshot of Divine Metaphors in Hebrew Poetry
- The Cosmic Mountain
- Miscellaneous Planting Texts from the Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, and New Testament
- Select Bibliography
- Indexes.