Add to ORKGOne of the topics that are yet to be explored in the area of Micah studies is the use of metaphors for God and Israel. The description of God as יהוה אור לי (YHWH will be/is light to me) by the lamenting speaker in Mic 7:8-10 is one of these metaphors. This investigation explores how this metaphor for God as “light” is related to another yet implicit metaphor for the deity in this pericope, namely YHWH IS SUZERAIN. Following Conceptual Metaphor Theory, I will unfold the relation between these metaphors by first showing various ancient Near Eastern materials using solar languages for the deity and suzerain-vassal treaties as possible source domains of the metaphor. I will then explore how these metaphors converge spatially, politically,...
The issue of identifying metaphors is not clear-cut in most religious texts (Charteris-Black, 2005)....
It is evident, and acknowledged by a vast critical tradition, that the literary image of God in the ...
Based on a comprehensive survey of metaphors of God in the Hebrew psalter, a total number of 507 occ...
In comparison to the other so-called eighth century prophets, literary studies on the book of Micah ...
Contemporary literary studies on the book of Micah deal with its wordplay, rhetoric, drama, and poet...
The diversity of Hosea 4–14’s metaphors for God has long challenged interpreters. How can God be a b...
An inquiry into the nature of metaphor, as it has evolved since Aristotle and particularly in the la...
In the Hebrew Bible, the God of ancient Israel, YHWH, is almost always portrayed metaphorically. He...
Throughout the Hebrew biblical scriptures we are presented with a multitude of images relating to ho...
“Where is the LORD, your God?” (Mic 7:10) or “Where is their God?” (Joel 2:17) are questions that th...
The book of Micah is known for its judgement oracles against the leadership structures in the Southe...
This paper aims to demonstrate how the adoption of the theory of metaphor by Ricoeur to the “Light V...
This article discusses whether the metaphor of “king” can still be used in Christian God-talk. First...
Most modern scholars would agree that parallelism and metaphor are the primary characteristics of bi...
Some scholars have highlighted God's relevance in Old Testament in two different directions. One is ...
The issue of identifying metaphors is not clear-cut in most religious texts (Charteris-Black, 2005)....
It is evident, and acknowledged by a vast critical tradition, that the literary image of God in the ...
Based on a comprehensive survey of metaphors of God in the Hebrew psalter, a total number of 507 occ...
In comparison to the other so-called eighth century prophets, literary studies on the book of Micah ...
Contemporary literary studies on the book of Micah deal with its wordplay, rhetoric, drama, and poet...
The diversity of Hosea 4–14’s metaphors for God has long challenged interpreters. How can God be a b...
An inquiry into the nature of metaphor, as it has evolved since Aristotle and particularly in the la...
In the Hebrew Bible, the God of ancient Israel, YHWH, is almost always portrayed metaphorically. He...
Throughout the Hebrew biblical scriptures we are presented with a multitude of images relating to ho...
“Where is the LORD, your God?” (Mic 7:10) or “Where is their God?” (Joel 2:17) are questions that th...
The book of Micah is known for its judgement oracles against the leadership structures in the Southe...
This paper aims to demonstrate how the adoption of the theory of metaphor by Ricoeur to the “Light V...
This article discusses whether the metaphor of “king” can still be used in Christian God-talk. First...
Most modern scholars would agree that parallelism and metaphor are the primary characteristics of bi...
Some scholars have highlighted God's relevance in Old Testament in two different directions. One is ...
The issue of identifying metaphors is not clear-cut in most religious texts (Charteris-Black, 2005)....
It is evident, and acknowledged by a vast critical tradition, that the literary image of God in the ...
Based on a comprehensive survey of metaphors of God in the Hebrew psalter, a total number of 507 occ...