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Author Dille, Sarah J.

Title Mixing metaphors : God as mother and father in Deutero-Isaiah / Sarah J. Dille.

Publication Info. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 398
Gender, culture, theory ; 13
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 398.
Gender, culture, theory ; 13.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Emory University).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186)-and indexes.
Contents Understanding metaphor -- Kinship and birth in Deutero-Isaiah and ancient Israel -- Like a woman in labor: Isaiah 42:8-17 -- YHWH's sons and daughters: Isaiah 43:1-7 -- The divine artisan: Isaiah 45:9-13 -- Can a mother forget? Isaiah 49:13-23 -- Divine husband and father: Isaiah 50:1-3 -- Conclusions.
Summary While most treatments of biblical metaphor examine individual metaphors in isolation, Sarah J. Dille presents a model for interpretation based on their interaction with one another. Using Lakoff and Johnson's category of "metaphoric coherence", she argues that when nonconsistent or contradictory metaphors appear together in a literary unit, the areas of overlap (coherence) are highlighted in each. Using the images of father and mother in Deutero-Isaiah as a starting point, she explores how these images interact with others: for example, the divine warrior, the redeeming kinsman, the artisan of.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Bible. Isaiah, XL-LV -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Isaiah, XL-LV.
Bible. A.T. Isaïe XLII-L -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. Isaiah, XL-LV.
God -- Motherhood -- Biblical teaching.
God -- Motherhood -- Biblical teaching.
God -- Motherhood.
God -- Fatherhood -- Biblical teaching.
God -- Fatherhood -- Biblical teaching.
God -- Fatherhood.
Metaphor.
Metaphor.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Dille, Sarah J. Mixing metaphors. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004 0826471560 9780826471567 (DLC) 2004426904 (OCoLC)55731555
ISBN 9780826469694 (electronic book)
0826469698 (electronic book)
0826471560
9780826471567