Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2018) 267-284
Keywords:
Ecclesiasticus Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Ecclesiasticus. Versions
;
Metaphor in post-biblical literature
Abstract:
Rather than studying one metaphor in particular, or various types of metaphors (e.g., zoological, botanical, astronomical, liturgical), or else a single type of metaphor, we intend here to concentrate our attention on Sir 21:1-10 as a case study. After a brief look at some formal questions concerning the text, we shall examine the more important images (similes and metaphors) that Ben Sira uses in this religious instruction and that serve as examples of sin. With his use of figurative vocabulary, the sage enters himself into a direct relationship with the sapiential genre.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110614473
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