Plant metaphors in prophetic condemnations of Israel and Judah
Tina M. Sherman offers a first-of-its-kind, detailed analysis of prophetic passages that depict people as plants -- from grasses and grains to fruit trees and grapevines -- examining how the biblical authors exploited these metaphors to portray the condemnation and punishment of Israel and Judah in...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Atlanta
SBL Press
[2023]
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| In: |
Ancient Israel and its literature (number 49)
Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Sherman, Tina M., Plant metaphors in prophetic condemnations of Israel and Judah] (2025) (Lazzaro, Boris, 1977 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Ancient Israel and its literature
number 49 |
| Further subjects: | B
Plants in the Bible
B Métaphore dans la Bible B Plantes dans la Bible B Metaphor in the Bible B Bible. Prophets Language, style |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Tina M. Sherman offers a first-of-its-kind, detailed analysis of prophetic passages that depict people as plants -- from grasses and grains to fruit trees and grapevines -- examining how the biblical authors exploited these metaphors to portray the condemnation and punishment of Israel and Judah in terms of the everyday work of crop farming and plant husbandry. Additionally, she explores how the prophetic authors employed plant imagery to construct national identities that emphasize the people's collective responsibility for the kingdoms' fate. Plant Metaphors in Prophetic Condemnations of Israel and Judah demonstrates the usefulness of combining conceptual metaphor theory with aspects of frame semantics in the analysis of patterns of thought and expression in biblical metaphor.-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 306 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62837-550-3 1-62837-550-7 978-1-62837-551-0 1-62837-551-5 |