Metaphorical landscapes and the theology of the Book of Job: an analysis of Job's spatial metaphors
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue -- 1.2 Hypothesis and Background -- 1.3 Structure -- Chapter 2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A Pragmatic Synthesis -- 2.1 Metaphor: An Introduction -- 2.1.1 Source and Ta...
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue -- 1.2 Hypothesis and Background -- 1.3 Structure -- Chapter 2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A Pragmatic Synthesis -- 2.1 Metaphor: An Introduction -- 2.1.1 Source and Target Domain -- 2.1.2 Mapping -- 2.1.3 Unidirectionality -- 2.1.4 Conceptual Metaphor -- 2.2 What is One 'Thing' and What is 'Another'? -- 2.2.1 Categorization -- 2.2.2 Framing -- 2.2.3 Embodied Cognition -- 2.2.4 Gestalt Theory -- 2.3 What is 'Understanding' One Thing in Terms of Another? -- 2.4 The Competitive Edge of Metaphors We Live By -- 2.5 Critiques of Metaphors We Live By -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Spatial Metaphor in Language and Cognition -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.2 Spatial Semantics -- 3.2.1 Location and Motion -- 3.2.2 Spatial Configurations -- 3.3 Spatial Metaphors -- 3.3.1 Structural, Ontological, and Orientational Metaphors -- 3.3.2 Image Schemata -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 3.5 Application -- Chapter 4 Boundaries and Containment -- 4.1 The Body is a Container -- 4.2 The Boundaries of the Body -- 4.3 The Boundaries around the Body -- 4.4 Boundaries in the Prologue -- 4.4.1 Protective Boundaries -- 4.4.2 Wholeness -- 4.5 The Rationale behind These Metaphors -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Place and Placelessness -- 5.1 Retribution is the Attribution of a Place -- 5.1.1 The Place of Those Who Do Not Know God -- 5.1.2 Agency -- 5.1.3 Job's Place -- 5.2 Rootedness and Rootlessness -- 5.2.1 Places and Rootedness -- 5.2.2 Rootlessness and the Fate of the Wicked -- 5.3 Metaphorical Objects and their Place -- 5.3.1 Holding on to One's Integrity -- 5.3.2 Possessions and Collocation -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Direction and Distance -- 6.1 Ethics is a Journey -- 6.2 Ethics is Distance -- 6.2.1 Collocation with Evil -- 6.2.2 Contact with Evil 6.2.3 A Taste of Evil -- 6.3 Ill-being is a Moving Object -- 6.3.1 Ill-being Approaches the Individual -- 6.3.2 Ill-being Touches the Individual -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Job's Post-Traumatic Spatial Metaphors as Theological Challenges -- 7.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue and Dialogue -- 7.2 Job's Lack of Control and God's Agency -- 7.3 Spatial Causality as a Challenge to Retribution Theology -- 7.3.1 Two Models for Retribution -- 7.3.2 The Theological Challenge -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Spatial Configurations in the Divine Speech -- 8.1 Interpreting the Divine Speech -- 8.1.1 Implicit Responses -- 8.1.2 Explicit Responses -- 8.1.3 The Dilemma of the Prologue -- 8.2 An Alternative Geography -- 8.2.1 Creative and Protective Containment -- 8.2.2 Impenetrable Boundaries -- 8.2.3 Wisdom and Navigation -- 8.2.4 A Vertical Hierarchy -- 8.3 A Different Landscape -- 8.3.1 Literal Spatial Language -- 8.3.2 A New Frame of Reference -- 8.3.3 Allusions to Job's Metaphorical Landscapes -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Citations |
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| ISBN: | 9004388877 |