TY - BOOK AU - Forti,Tova TI - Animal imagery in the book of Proverbs T2 - Brill eBook titles 2008 SN - 9789047423621 AV - BS1465.6.R5 F67 2008 U1 - 223/.7064 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Sprichwörter KW - swd KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Proverbs KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Dierensymboliek KW - gtt KW - Spreuken (bijbelboek) KW - Metapher KW - Tiere KW - Animals in the Bible KW - Symbolism in the Bible N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and indexes; Preliminary Material; T. Forti --; Chapter 1. Introduction; T. Forti --; Chapter 2. Animal Imagery As A Literary And Artistic Device; T. Forti --; Chapter 3. Paradoxical Juxtaposition Of Animal Imagery And Social Categories; T. Forti --; Chapter 4. Animals As Models For Human Society; T. Forti --; Conclusion; T. Forti --; Appendix A. Animal Imagery As A Hermeneutical Tool For Analyzing The Conceptual Polarity In Qoheleth; T. Forti --; Appendix B. A New Criterion For Identifying \'Wisdom Psalms\'; T. Forti --; Bibliography; T. Forti --; Index Of Scriptural And Other Ancient References; T. Forti --; Index Of Animals; T. Forti --; Index Of Subjects; T. Forti; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Any treatment of the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in biblical literature requires special attention to its contextual meaning and cultural evaluation. The present study aims to demonstrate how this is particularly true of the Book of Proverbs, in which faunal imageries serve as a didactic means for delving into the more obvious truths of human behavior. This book makes a methodological contribution toward understanding the didactic function of Proverb's animal imageries by offering an ongoing three-pronged analysis: a. Zoological identification and literary perception of the animal in the Bible; born Hermeneutic dynamics between the specific animal simile and its literary adaptation; c. Rhetorical function of the animal imagery within the conceptual framework of the Book of Proverbs UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004162877.i-196 ER -