Metaphor in argument: The Beelzebul-controversy in the Gospel according to Mark

How do metaphoric texts interact with their argumentative context? After explaining the use and functioning of metaphors in communicative acts, the essay focusses on similes and parables as extended metaphors. Mark 3:22-30 is studied in detail, examining the function of the metaphors used in the arg...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Main Author: Breytenbach, Cilliers 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter [2019]
In: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2019, Volume: 110, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-145
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Markusevangelium 3,22-30 / Metaphor / Parable / Argumantation / Beelzebul, Demon
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HC New Testament
NBH Angelology; demonology
Further subjects:B Holy Spirit
B Lord of the House
B Argument
B Jesus
B Beelzebul
B Simile
B Parable
B Temptation
B Mark 3:22-30
B Satan
B Metaphor
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Summary:How do metaphoric texts interact with their argumentative context? After explaining the use and functioning of metaphors in communicative acts, the essay focusses on similes and parables as extended metaphors. Mark 3:22-30 is studied in detail, examining the function of the metaphors used in the argumentative dispute. The example shows that parables and similes can have different functions in arguments. As comparative illustration, they can support the argument, but the solution of the dispute can also be expressed in metaphor only. In both cases however, metaphoric speech is based on analogy and servient to the surrounding argument.
ISSN:1613-009X
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/znw-2019-0010