Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis: Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18

Claudia D. Bergmann

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis

Evidence from the Ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18

Claudia D. Bergmann

Volume 382 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110209815

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About this book

Crises and catastrophes of all kinds have always confronted humans with great challenges. The present study examines the question of how literary texts process and deal with these challenges through the imaginary world of metaphors. It concentrates on the metaphor of childbirth, which compares people racked with crisis to women in labour (and sometimes vice versa). The texts examined are taken from the Ancient Orient and the Old Testament, together with a text exemplar from the Qumran corpus, which takes up the metaphor of childbirth and develops it further.

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Claudia D. Bergmann, Lutherstadt Eisleben.

Reviews

"This intriguing and well-researched monograph, the author's revised doctoral thesis, explores the uses of imagery related to childbirth in the HB. [...] This monograph is highly recommended."
L.-S. Tiemeyer in: Book List - Society for Old Testament Study 2009

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Acient Near East Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2. Birth as Event and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter 3. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Local Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter 4. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Universal Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 5. The Biblical Birth Metaphor for Cases of Personal Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 6. 1QH XI, 1-18: The Birth Metaphor at Qumran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 267
Keywords: Old Testament; Birth; Crisis; Metaphor; Qumran

eBook

Published: March 13, 2009
ISBN: 9783110209815

Hardcover

Published: July 15, 2008
ISBN: 9783110200423