The Metaphor Theory and the Hebrew Bible session chose to discuss Nature Imagery in the Hebrew Bible. Presided by Pierre van Hecke, four papers will be presented by Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, Andrea Weiss, and Katheryn Pfisterer Darr. Please, join us!
Program
Pierre Van Hecke, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Presiding
Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Tel Aviv University
Bird Metaphors of Nesting and Parenthood: Contents and Functions (25 min)
Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, University of the Free State and Jacobus A. Naudé, University of the Free State
Methodological Considerations in the Identification and Metaphorical Intepretation of Plants and Plant Products (25 min)
Andrea Weiss, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (New York Branch)
God in the Biblical Imagination: Nature Imagery (25 min)
Katheryn Pfisterer Darr, Boston University
Of Trite Tropes and Platitudes: Imagery and Ageism in Biblical Proverbs (25 min)
