Because You Bear This Name

Conceptual Metaphor and the Moral Meaning of 1 Peter
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15095-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 81, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

This study uses conceptual metaphor theory and methodology to analyze the cultural logic and symbolic context, moral content and ethical implications of 1 Peter. Conceptual metaphor study helps explain how people generate ethical understandings; it can help us recognize and account for lively moral discourse between the NT and contemporary readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howe, Bonnie G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Bonnie Howe received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, and teaches at the Dominican University of California, the University of San Francisco, and New College Berkeley. Her main interests are New Testament interpretation and Christian social ethics; her research employs cognitive linguistic theories and methods to analyze moral discourse.