Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men: Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East

The metaphor is a hallmark of Classical Hebrew poetry. Some metaphors, such as "Yhwh is king" or "Yhwh is warrior," play a foundational role. The same does not hold for metaphors from the fishing industry. Because they had access to only two major freshwater sources, archaeologic...

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Main Author: Yoder, Tyler R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Winona Lake, IN Eisenbrauns 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Yoder, Tyler R., Fishers of fish and fishers of men. Fishing imagery in the Hebrew Bible and ancient near east] (2018) (Welton, Rebekah)
Series/Journal:Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations v.4
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Fishing in the Bible
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Yoder, Tyler R: Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men : Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. - Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns,c2016. - 9781575064581

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520 |a The metaphor is a hallmark of Classical Hebrew poetry. Some metaphors, such as "Yhwh is king" or "Yhwh is warrior," play a foundational role. The same does not hold for metaphors from the fishing industry. Because they had access to only two major freshwater sources, archaeological research demonstrates that this industry did not play a major socioeconomic role in ancient Israel. Fishing has nevertheless made a substantial contribution to prophetic and wisdom literature. All metaphors manifest reality, but given the physical circumstances of a largely agrarian, nonmarine society, what does the sustained presentation of fishing metaphors in the Hebrew Bible communicate?Examining the use of fishing images in the Hebrew Bible is a formidable task that demands an open mind and a capacity to mine the gamut of contemporaneous evidence. In Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men, Tyler Yoder presents the first literary study devoted to the fishing images used in the Hebrew Scriptures as well as in the Mesopotamian textual records. This calls for a penetrating look into cultural contact with Israel's neighbors to the east (Mesopotamia) and southwest (Egypt). Though nearly all fishing metaphors in the Hebrew Bible carry overt royal or divine connotations that mirror uses well-attested in Mesopotamian literature, this comparative analysis remains a largely untapped area of research. In this study of the diverse literary qualities of fishing images, Yoder offers a holistic understanding of how one integral component of ancient Near Eastern society affected the whole, bringing together the assemblage of disparate materials related to this field of study to enable scholars to integrate these data into related research and move the conversation forward 
520 |a Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- C h a p t e r 1: Surveying the Water: Introductory Matters -- C h a p t e r 2: Heavenly Fishing: Divine Fishers in the Ancient Near East -- C h a p t e r 3: Fishers of Men: Divine Discipline as Fishing Image -- C h a p t e r 4: Monster Mash: "Big-Game" Fishing Imagery -- C h a p t e r 5: Deadliest Catch: Fishing Imagery and Tragedy -- C h a p t e r 6: "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times": Fishing Imagery, Polarity, and Prophetic Literature -- C h a p t e r 7: Reeling It In: Concluding Reflections -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture -- Index of Subjects and Other Ancient Sources 
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