Trees and Kings: A Comparative Analysis of Tree Imagery in Israel's Prophetic Tradition and the Ancient Near East

by William Russell Osborne

The Old Testament prophets did not hesitate to use the rhetorical conventions accessible to them when delivering their sermons of salvation and judgment. One source of comparison used frequently in the prophets and widely throughout the ancient Near East is the image of a tree. In Trees and Kings, William Osborne evaluates the cultural and cognitive setting that potentially gave rise to this figurative tree imagery, drawing on both comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575067501
• ISBN13: 9781575067506
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"