"A thorough reworking" of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2006--P. x.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-306) and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Excursus 1. On Poetic Form and Poetic Quality -- Theoretical Framework: Poetic Metaphor and Cognitive Approach -- The Arrangement of the Book of Jeremiah -- Excursus 2. Transitional Patterning in the Book of Jeremiah -- A Global Metaphor in Jeremiah 1-24: The Destruction Model -- Excursus 3. On a Figurative Term for Intercession: \'Assuming a Fatherly Attitude\' -- Local Metaphors in Jeremiah 1-24: Plant Imagery -- Excursus 4. On Two Metaphorical Concepts of Human Creation -- Excursus 5. On דאש \'Poisonous Draft\' and לענה \'Wormwood\' -- Summary and Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Authors Cited -- Index of Words -- Scriptural Index.

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How do we understand the characteristically extensive presence of imagery in biblical prophecy? Poetic metaphor in prophetic writings has commonly been understood solely as an artistic flourish intended to create certain rhetorical effects. It thus appears expendable and unrelated to the core content of the composition—however engaging it may be, aesthetically or otherwise. Job Jindo invites us to reconsider this convention. Applying recent studies in cognitive science, he explores how we can view metaphor as the very essence of poetic prophecy—namely, metaphor as an indispensable mode to communicate prophetic insight. Through a cognitive reading of Jeremiah 1-24, Jindo amply demonstrates the advantage and heuristic ramifications of this approach in biblical studies.