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Auteur(s) : DiFransico, Lesley R.
Titre(s) : Washing away sin [Texte imprimé] : an analysis of the metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and its influence / by Lesley R. DiFransico
Publication : Leuven : Peeters, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-256 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Biblical tools and studies ; volume 23
Lien à la collection : Biblical tools and studies
Comprend : Chapter One ; Introduction to the concept of washing away sin in the Hebrew Bible.
; Sin and its solutions in the Hebrew Bible ; ; Metaphors for sin and its solutions
; ; Washing in the Hebrew Bible --Chapter Two ; Washing away sin in Isaiah and Jeremiah.
; Metaphor in the Hebrew prophets ; ; The metaphor of washing away sin in the Book
of Isaiah ; ; The metaphor of washing away sin in the Book of Jeremiah ; ; Development
of the metaphor and concluding remarks --Chapter Three ; Washing away sin in Psalm
51 and related concepts in Ezekiel 36 and Zechariah 13. ; Psalm 51 -- ; The "sprinkling"
metaphor in Ezekiel 36:22-36 ; ; Related "fountain" metaphor in Zechariah 13:1 ; ;
Washing away sin and related metaphors ; ; Prophetic allusions in Psalm 51 ; ; Dating
and dependency, the development of the metaphor, and concluding comments --Chapter
Four ; Washing away sin beyond the Hebrew Bible : the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New
Testament. ; Washing away sin in the Dead Sea Scrolls ; ; Baptism for the remission
of sins in the New Testament ; ; The concept of washing away sin beyond the Hebrew
Bible --Chapter Five ; Conclusions.
Note(s) : Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 2014 under title:
Washing away sin : an Old Testament metaphor and its influence. - Bibliogr. p. 227-237. Index
Washing away sin, though a common religious practice today, is a novel concept in
the Hebrew Bible. This study utilizes the Conceptual Metaphor Theory of G. Lakoff
and M. Johnson to analyze the striking and unusual metaphorical concept of washing
away sin in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 1; 4; Jeremiah 2; 4; and Psalm 51). In these
passages sin is conceptualized as a kind of stain (a bloodstain in Isa 1:15; 4:4;
filth in Jer 4:14) or a kind of impurity (Psalm 51) and solving sin is conceptualized
through the metaphor of washing. The correlation between the problem and its solution
is logical: if sin is understood as a stain then washing is the remedy. The metaphor
of washing away sin demonstrates some diversity within the Hebrew Bible and this work
traces the various stages of the metaphor's development. Though it occurs as a metaphor,
nowhere within the Hebrew Bible is washing, although attested as a purification ritual,
applied as an actual practice for responding to the problem of sin. Several centuries
later, however, washing away sin is attested as an actual practice by the Qumran sectarians
and the New Testament authors. Thus, this study goes beyond an analysis of the biblical
metaphor to evaluate how it may have influenced the religious practices of select
early Jewish and Christian communities. How did this radical shift from the absence
of washing as a viable solution to sin in the Hebrew Bible to its importance in the
sectarian community of Qumran and the New Testament communities come about? Here CMT
is useful: what is attested as a metaphor in the Hebrew Bible, for example God washes
away sin (Isa 4:4) and people wash with soap to remove the "stain" of sin (Jer 2:22),
influenced how communities reading these sacred texts conceptualized sin. When sin
is understood as a stain, a concrete entity that can be visualized and acted upon,
communities understand washing to be a viable, symbolic practice in response to sin
Sujet(s) : Métaphore -- Dans la Bible
Eau -- Religion
Péché (religion) -- Judaïsme
Pureté rituelle -- Judaïsme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789042933422. - ISBN 9042933429
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