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Ausgabe:

Juli/August/2021

Spalte:

691-693

Kategorie:

Altes Testament

Autor/Hrsg.:

Joode, Johan de

Titel/Untertitel:

Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job. An Analysis of Job’s Spatial Metaphors.

Verlag:

Leiden u. a.: Brill 2018. XVI, 274 S. = Vetus Testamentum. Supplements, 179. Geb. EUR 115,00. ISBN 9789004388840.

Rezensent:

Urmas Nõmmik

The complex metaphorical language of the book of Job is one of its most immense challenges. Generations of readers and interpreters have wrangled over the finer details, while ancient copyists and translators went to extreme ends to decode the sophisticated poetry and imagery. Today, the secondary literature on Job is vast yet it is extremely difficult to bring fresh perspectives. Johan de Joode ma-nages to do so.
In his monograph, based on the respective doctoral dissertation at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven supervised by Pierre Van Hecke, d. J. takes advantage of the conceptual metaphor theory as it is represented by Lakoff and Johnson and their followers. From the very beginning, d. J. demonstrates his ability to find a notably pragmatic approach. By devoting only a ...


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