To know what is before one’s face: Group-specific metaphors and the composition of the Gospel of Thomas

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title To know what is before one’s face: Group-specific metaphors and the composition of the Gospel of Thomas
 
Creator Liebenberg, J
 
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Description This article uses the insights of second-generation cognitive linguistics to interpret some of the metaphoric sayings in the Gospel of Thomas. It is an attempt to show how the identification and use of conventional metaphors  influence the understanding of poetic language. Group-specific metaphors, as a manifestation of basic conventional metaphors, are identified, providing a conceptual framework against which some Thomas sayings are interpreted. These basic metaphors then provide cohesion for the interpretation of some apparently disparate sayings in the Gospel of Thomas.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2002-12-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v58i2.565
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 58, No 2 (2002); 593-607 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2002 J Liebenberg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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