
A Prototype Approach to Hate and Anger in the Hebrew Bible
Deena Grant(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
106 pages
978-1-032-39172-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 ?rh, 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 ?rh 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 entree into the emotional world represented in the Hebrew Bible.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
152 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-39172-4 (9781032391724)
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Deena E. Grant is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, USA.
Content
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 ?rh-Script
7 Narrative ?rh-Scripts
8 Divine ?rh-Scripts in Old Poetry and in the Prophets
9 Conclusion
Bibliography
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 ?rh-Script
7 Narrative ?rh-Scripts
8 Divine ?rh-Scripts in Old Poetry and in the Prophets
9 Conclusion
Bibliography