Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis: Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18 / Edition 1

by Claudia D. Bergmann

Overview

Crises and catastrophes of all kinds have always confronted humans with great challenges. The present study examines the question of how literary texts process and deal with these challenges through the imaginary world of metaphors. It concentrates on the metaphor of childbirth, which compares people racked with crisis to women in labour (and sometimes vice versa). The texts examined are taken from the Ancient Orient and the Old Testament, together with a text exemplar from the Qumran corpus, which takes up the metaphor of childbirth and develops it further.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110200423
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/15/2008
Series:	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , #382
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Claudia D. Bergmann, Lutherstadt Eisleben.

Editorial Reviews

"This intriguing and well-researched monograph, the author's revised doctoral thesis, explores the uses of imagery related to childbirth in the HB. [...] This monograph is highly recommended."
L.-S. Tiemeyer in: Book List - Society for Old Testament Study 2009

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