The Embodied World: Creation Metaphors in the Ancient Near East

An insight from anthropology is that the human body may serve as a symbol of society. In the ancient Near East, including in Israel, the body mediated symbolic relationship between of people's experience of their physical and social worlds. This essay will argue that that this complex symbolic...

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Main Author: Simkins, Ronald A. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2014
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-53
Further subjects:B Metaphors
B Creation
B Procreation
B seed / field
B Agriculture
B Body
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