Metaphorical Landscapes and the Theology of the Book of Job

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Acknowledgments List of Figures Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue 1.2 Hypothesis and Background 1.3 Structure 2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A Pragmatic Synthesis 2.1 Metaphor: An Introduction 2.2 What is One 'Thing' and What is 'Another'? 2.3 What is 'Understanding' One Thing in Terms of Another? 2.4 The Competitive Edge of Metaphors We Live By 2.5 Critiques of Metaphors We Live By 2.6 Conclusion 3 Spatial Metaphor in Language and Cognition 3.1 Definition 3.2 Spatial Semantics 3.3 Spatial Metaphors 3.4 Conclusion 3.5 Application 4 Boundaries and Containment 4.1 The Body is a Container 4.2 The Boundaries of the Body 4.3 The Boundaries around the Body 4.4 Boundaries in the Prologue 4.5 The Rationale behind These Metaphors 4.6 Conclusion 5 Place and Placelessness 5.1 Retribution is the Attribution of a Place 5.2 Rootedness and Rootlessness 5.3 Metaphorical Objects and their Place 5.4 Conclusion 6 Direction and Distance 6.1 Ethics is a Journey 6.2 Ethics is Distance 6.3 Ill-being is a Moving Object 6.4 Conclusion 7 Job's Post-Traumatic Spatial Metaphors as Theological Challenges 7.1 Spatial Metaphors in the Prologue and Dialogue 7.2 Job's Lack of Control and God's Agency 7.3 Spatial Causality as a Challenge to Retribution Theology 7.4 Conclusion 8 Spatial Configurations in the Divine Speech 8.1 Interpreting the Divine Speech 8.2 An Alternative Geography 8.3 A Different Landscape 8.4 Conclusion 9 Conclusion Bibliography Indexes