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Metaphor, canon, and community : Jewish, Christian, and Islamic approaches

Title
  1. Metaphor, canon, and community : Jewish, Christian, and Islamic approaches / Ralph Bisschops and James Francis, eds.
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  1. Bern ; New York : P. Lang, ©1999.

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Additional authors
  1. Bisschops, Ralph, 1952-
  2. Francis, James, 1944-
Description
  1. 307 pages; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Religions and discourse ; v. 1
Uniform title
  1. Religions and discourse ; v. 1.
Subject
  1. Bibel
  2. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity
  3. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Judaism
  4. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Islam
  5. 11.07 relations between religions
  6. 17.84 language and style in literature
  7. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity
  8. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Islam
  9. Metaphor > Religious aspects > Judaism
  10. Christentum
  11. Islam
  12. Judentum
  13. Metapher
  14. Religiöse Sprache
  15. Metaforen
  16. Canon
  17. Geloofsgemeenschappen
  18. Jodendom
  19. Christendom
  20. Islam
  21. Métaphore > Aspect religieux > Christianisme
  22. Métaphore > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme
  23. Métaphore > Aspect religieux > Islam
  24. Métaphore dans la Bible
  25. Hombergen <1997>
Contents
  1. Section I. Metaphors and religious creativity. God as worker-- a metaphor from daily life in biblical perspective / James Francis -- In the cleft of a rock-- metaphors of divine concealment and disclosure in the Hebrew Bible / Robert L. Platzner -- Metaphors of universal love (Mt. 5:13a, 14a) / Martin Pöttner -- Cultura animi, cultura dei-- worship as agriculture in early Christianity / Francesca Rigotti -- The role of religious symbols and metaphors in relation to positive mental health-- with a reference to Islamic mysticism (Sufism) / Recep Yaparael -- Section II. The use of metaphors in sacred rhetorics. "You yourselves are our letter"--2Cor 3 as an example for the usage of metaphor in Paul / Bernd Kuschnerus -- Healing the sick as an exercise in religious metaphor / Lawrence A. Hoffman -- Diagnostic criteria for an assessment of God-images in pastoral counselling / Daniel J. Louw -- Metaphorical expressions in the Prophet Muhammad's Hadith / Recai Dogan -- What did Jesus mean?-- The Lord's Prayer translated into universal human concepts / Anna Wierzbicka.
  2. Section III. Principles of interpretation. The metaphorical mapping of God in the Hebrew Bible / Marv Z. Brettler -- Oppressive metaphor and the liberating literal sense / Berel Dov Lerner -- Al-Ghazali on metaphorical interpretation / Mehmet S. Aydin -- Sacramental semeiosis-- fragmentary reflection in connection with a semiotic reconstruction of the debate between Luther and Zwingli over the Lord's Supper / Frank Miege -- Metaphor as the internalisation of a ritual-- with a case study on Samuel Holdheim (1806-1860) / Ralph Bisschops.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.