Towards a Blending-Based Approach to Early Christian Characters: Nicodemus as a Test Case

This article presents a blending-based approach to characters in early Christian narratives. Even cognitive approaches to complex characters (including my previous work) tend to frame character development as a primarily linear unidirectional process. However, the human mind integrates incoming info...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: Cognitive Linguistics and New Testament Narrative: Investigating Methodology through Characterization, by Jan Rüggemeier and Elizabeth E. Shively
Main Author: Whitenton, Michael R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2021
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 498-529
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B John / Nicodemus / Character presentation / Character / Development / Cognitive linguistics
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B character development
B Gospel of John
B Conceptual Blending
B Information Processing
B Nicodemus
B Cognitive Approach
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