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2 - A Field Guide to Metaphors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2022

Katie Marcar
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
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JH Elliott argued that the Petrine terms παροικία, πάροικος, and παρεπίδημος are literal, while the majority of scholars understand them metaphorically. This chapter therefore defines metaphors, establishes the criteria by which they can be identifies, and develops tools for their analysis. Metaphors are defined as speaking about one thing (tenor, or target domain) in terms of another (vehicle, or source domain). Though the Petrine regeneration metaphor is cognitive, it is expressed in language grounded in Jewish and Greco-Roman culture. Metaphors are rich, interactive, and not reducible to prose. Simple metaphors can be combined into complex, systematic and narrative structures, which may contain embedded, culturally-based value judgments. This study employs the Metaphor Identification Process (MIP) to determine whether kinship terms in 1 Peter are metaphorical.

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Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
Mapping Metaphors of Family, Race, and Nation
, pp. 24 - 51
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • A Field Guide to Metaphors
  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.003
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  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.003
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  • A Field Guide to Metaphors
  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.003
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