A Prototype Approach to Hate and Anger in the Hebrew Bible: Conceiving Emotions (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism) - Hardcover

Grant, Deena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032356553 ISBN 13: 9781032356556

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible. The book draws on the prototype approach to conceptual categories to help interpret emotion language in biblical passages. Contemporary scholarship has come to recognize that biblical emotion terms do not necessarily possess exact equivalents within our modern lexicons, even if some of these terms express (or appear to express) concepts similar to those conveyed by modern emotion language. In particular, the book focuses on sn’ and ḫrh, which are almost always equated in modern English with hate and anger. However, the ancient Hebrew roots evoke varied and robust emotion-scripts that are quite different than their English counterparts. We see how the prototype script model may help to expose the unique nuances of sn’ and ḫrh and put into profile elements of these emotions that may otherwise go unnoticed. Overall, the study demonstrates that even though modern emotion terms cannot fully capture the ancient emotional experience, our shared use of language to evoke meaning offers us entrée into the emotional world represented in the Hebrew Bible.

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About the Author

Deena E. Grant is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032356553
• ISBN 13: 9781032356556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112