The language and imagery of the Bible /
G.B. Caird.
- viii, 280 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Pt. 1: General -- The uses and abuses of language -- The meaning of meaning -- Changes of meaning -- Opacity, vagueness and ambiguity -- Hebrew idiom and Hebrew thought -- The Septuagint -- Pt. 2: Metaphor -- Literal and non-literal -- Comparative language I : simile and metaphor -- Comparative language II : special forms -- Anthropomorphism -- Linguistic awareness -- Pt. 3: History, myth and eschatology -- Language and history -- The language of myth -- The language of eschatology.
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