02703nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004400112040002100156035002100177050002700198082001600225100002500241245016200266260004800428300001400476490009400490504005300584505098200637533015201619630005001771630002201821650002701843650003401870650003501904650003501939650004801974650002802022655002902050710001702079830008302096856012602179ebr10282649CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080630s2008    gw      sb    001 0 eng    z  2008029135  z9783110200423 (clothbound : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)63079322214aBS1199.M45bB47 2008eb04a220.6/42221 aBergmann, Claudia D.10aChildbirth as a metaphor for crisish[electronic resource] :bevidence from the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18 /cClaudia D. Bergmann.  aBerlin ;aNew York :bW. de Gruyter,c2008.  ax, 267 p.1 aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift f�ur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,x0934-2575 ;vBd. 382  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aIntroduction -- The scope of this book -- Definitions of metaphor -- The approach to metaphor in this book -- Birth as event and metaphor in the ancient Near East -- The sources -- The experience of birth -- The experience of birth becomes a metaphor -- Birth as event and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible -- Birth as an event in the Hebrew Bible -- Birth as a metaphor in the Bebrew Bible -- The biblical birth metaphor for cases of local crisis -- War imagery and bad news -- War imagery -- Divine punishment imagery -- The biblical birth metaphor for cases of universal crisis -- Texts -- The biblical birth metaphor for cases of personal crisis -- Engulfment imagery -- War imagery -- Prophetic vision imagery -- 1QH XI, 1-18: the birth metaphor at Qumran -- 1QH XI, 1-18 within the corpus of the Hodayot -- The identity of the mothers and the children in 1QH XI, 1-18 -- Interpreting 1QG XI, 1-18 in light of the birth metaphor -- 1QH XI, 1-18 : personal and universal crisis.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.00aBible.pO.T.xCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aDead Sea scrolls. 0aMetaphor in the Bible. 0aDisastersxReligious aspects. 0aChildbirthxBiblical teaching. 0aChildbirthxReligious aspects. 0aLiterature, AncientxHistory and criticism. 0aMetaphor in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift f�ur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;vBd. 382.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10282649zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view