Metaphor at Sinai: Cognitive Linguistics in the Decalogue and Covenant Code

Recent studies in cognitive linguistics demonstrate metaphor’s indispensability to meaning. Still, the presence of metaphor in biblical law is largely unrecognized. Utilizing Zoltán Kövecses’s categories of complex conceptual metaphor—orientational, ontological, and structural—this essay identifies...

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Main Author: Imes, Carmen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Eisenbrauns 2019
In: Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 342-360
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