Patterns of Sin in the Hebrew Bible
Metaphor, Culture, and the Making of a Religious Concept
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780199394647
- ISBN-100199394644
- Library of Congress Control Number2015019575
- OCLC Control Number909198537
- Better World Books9780199394647
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28579510M
Classifications
- LCCBM630.L36 2016
- LCCBM630 .L36 2016
Description
This work explores the construction of sin as a religious concept in ancient Israel by examining the dominant metaphors used to express the idea in the Hebrew Bible. Building on insights regarding metaphor derived from recent studies in linguistics and philosophy of language, the book identifies and describes four major patterns of metaphors for sin that permeate the biblical texts: sin viewed as a burden carried by the sinner; sin portrayed as an account kept by God in heaven; sin depicted as a path or direction in which one travels; and sin described as a stain or impurity in need of removal.
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