The Metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the People: Stinking Grapes or Pleasant Planting?

by Jennifer Metten Pantoja

In The Metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the People Jennifer Metten Pantoja traces the emergence of the conceptual metaphor YHWH IS THE PLANTER OF THE PEOPLE in ancient Hebrew poetry and follows its development throughout biblical history and Second Temple literature, in order to illustrate how the deep connection to the land shaped ancient thought and belief. Within this broader, primary metaphor, the complex metaphor YHWH IS THE VINTNER...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004341692
• ISBN13: 9789004341692
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 264 Pages