Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 283 g
Reihe: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 283 g
Reihe: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
ISBN: 978-1-032-35655-6
Verlag: Routledge
This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible. The book draws on the prototype approach to conceptual categories to help interpret emotion language in biblical passages. Contemporary scholarship has come to recognize that biblical emotion terms do not necessarily possess exact equivalents within our modern lexicons, even if some of these terms express (or appear to express) concepts similar to those conveyed by modern emotion language. In particular, the book focuses on sn’ and Hrh, which are almost always equated in modern English with hate and anger. However, the ancient Hebrew roots evoke varied and robust emotion-scripts that are quite different than their English counterparts. We see how the prototype script model may help to expose the unique nuances of sn’ and Hrh and put into profile elements of these emotions that may otherwise go unnoticed. Overall, the study demonstrates that even though modern emotion terms cannot fully capture the ancient emotional experience, our shared use of language to evoke meaning offers us entrée into the emotional world represented in the Hebrew Bible.
Zielgruppe
Academic and Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction
2 Discerning Modern Hate and Anger Scripts
3 Broad Biblical Sn’-Script
4 Narrative Sn’-Scripts
5 Poetic and Prophetic Sn’-Scripts
6 Broad Biblical Hrh-Script
7 Narrative Hrh-Scripts
8 Divine Hrh-Scripts in Old Poetry and in the Prophets
9 Conclusion
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