
Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis
Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18
Claudia D. Bergmann(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2008
Book
Hardback
X, 267 pages
978-3-11-020042-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 2009More details
Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2006
University of Chicago
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-020042-3 (9783110200423)
Schweitzer Classification
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Claudia D. Bergmann
Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis
Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18
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03/2009
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Person
Claudia D. Bergmann, Lutherstadt Eisleben.