Paul as infant and nursing mother
Subtitle: metaphor, rhetoric, and identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8
By: Jennifer Houston McNeel
Series: Early Christianity and its literature -- number 12; Early Christianity and its literature -- no. 12.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781589839663; 9781589839670; 9781589839687
Subjects: Metaphor in the Bible; Säugling; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Bible; Metapher
Description: Paul employed metaphors of childbirth or breastfeeding in four out of the seven undisputed epistles. In this book, McNeel uses cognitive metaphor theory and social identity analysis to examine the meaning and function of these maternal metaphors. She asserts that metaphors carry cognitive content and that they are central to how humans process information, construct reality, and shape group identity.--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Metaphor as rhetorical strategy; title: Establishing the text, grammar, and translation of 1 Thessalonians 2; title: Historical and social backgrounds of the infant and nurse metaphors; title: Literary background of the infant and nurse metaphors; title: Paul as infant and nursing mother among the Thessalonians; title: The metaphors, the letters, and Paul the Apostle.