Because you bear this name : : conceptual metaphor and the moral meaning of 1 Peter / / by Bonnie Howe.

• Superior document: Biblical interpretation series, v. 81
• Author: Howe, Bonnie.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston ;, Leiden : : Brill,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2010; 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One. Metaphor And Hermeneutics: A History /; Chapter Two. A Contemporary Theory Of Metaphor /; Chapter Three. Two ‘Analogical Imagination’ Approaches To Metaphor And Nt Ethics /; Chapter Four. Before Reading 1 Peter /; Chapter Five. Metamoral Metaphors: Moral Accounting Andauthority /; Chapter Six. Living In Christ /; Chapter Seven. Time And Events: Structured Space For Moralliving /; Chapter Eight. Living In The Nation, In The Household, And In The Body /; Chapter Nine. After Reading 1 Peter /; Conclusion. Because You Bear This Name /; Appendices /; Bibliography /; Author Index /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-379) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281398551; 9786611398552; 9047409450
• ISSN: 0928-0731
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Bonnie Howe.

This study uses conceptual metaphor theory and methodology to analyze the cultural logic and symbolic context, moral content and ethical implications of 1 Peter. Conceptual metaphor study helps explain how people generate ethical understandings; it can help us recognize and account for lively moral discourse between the NT and contemporary readers.