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Paul as Infant and Nursing Mother: Metaphor, Rhetoric, and Identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8

By Jennifer Houston McNeel

Book information

Publisher
SBL Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1589839668, 9781589839663
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1563314 bytes)
Series
Early Christianity and Its Literature 12
Pages
xii+204\218
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-06-30 10:13:38
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Description

Explore the significance of maternal metaphors in the writings of a first-century male missionary and theologian Paul employed metaphors of childbirth or breastfeeding in four out of the seven undisputed epistles. In this book, McNeel uses cognitive metaphor theory and social identity analysis to examine the meaning and function of these maternal metaphors. She asserts that metaphors carry cognitive content and that they are central to how humans process information, construct reality, and shape group identity. Features: A focus on identity as the way in which people understand themselves in relation to one another, to society, and to those perceived as outsiders Examination of metaphor as part of Paul's rhetorical strategy Integration of the work of philosopher Max Black with the work of cognitive linguists George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

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