Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 567 g
Reihe: Biblical Tools and Studies
Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 567 g
Reihe: Biblical Tools and Studies
ISBN: 978-90-429-3342-2
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
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. Thus, washing, a metaphor
within the Hebrew Bible, came to be applied as a practical ritual
solution to sin within these communities so inspired and influenced by
their sacred texts.
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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. Thus, washing, a metaphor
within the Hebrew Bible, came to be applied as a practical ritual
solution to sin within these communities so inspired and influenced by
their sacred texts.
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