Biblical Ambiguities - Metaphor, Semantics, and Divine Imagery

This study argues that our assumptions as to how language works influences the way we interpret biblical texts. Drawing upon contemporary linguistic theory, Aaron seeks to place before the reader a strategy for deciphering biblical idioms within a theory of semantics, using divine imagery in the Hebrew Bible as the primary focal point.

About the author

David H. Aaron is Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati). He completed his doctoral studies at Brandeis University. His publications are in the fields of Bible and Rabbinic Exegetical Literature.

Product details

• Authors: David H Aaron, David H. Aaron
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2001
• EAN: 9789004120327
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12032-7
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 248 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 553 g
• Series: Brill Reference Library of Jud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism