02730nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10282649 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080630s2008 gw sb 001 0 eng 2008029135 9783110200423 (clothbound : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)630793222 BS1199.M45 B47 2008eb 220.6/4 22 Bergmann, Claudia D. Childbirth as a metaphor for crisis [electronic resource] : evidence from the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, and 1QH XI, 1-18 / Claudia D. Bergmann. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 2008. x, 267 p. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift f�ur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Bd. 382 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction -- 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls. Metaphor in the Bible. Disasters Religious aspects. Childbirth Biblical teaching. Childbirth Religious aspects. Literature, Ancient History and criticism. Metaphor in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift f�ur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 382. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10282649 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 3568 3568