‘Who Filled His Heart to Do This?’: Conceptual Metaphors of the Self in the Book of Esther

This essay responds to Carol A. Newsom's recent call for finer-grained studies of particular formulations of the moral self and agency in biblical and related Second Temple texts in two ways: first, drawing on cognitive linguistic research of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, it highlights the em...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beal, Timothy K. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage 2015
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2015, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 97-111
Further subjects:B Cognitive Science
B Agency
B Esther
B moral self
B Metaphor
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Electronic

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1777016274
003 DE-627
005 20220302181201.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 211110s2015 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1177/0309089215606319  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1777016274 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1777016274 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)13151217X  |0 (DE-627)51015963X  |0 (DE-576)298555255  |4 aut  |a Beal, Timothy K.  |d 1963- 
109 |a Beal, Timothy K. 1963-  |a Beal, Timothy Kandler 1963-  |a Beal, Timothy 1963- 
245 1 0 |a ‘Who Filled His Heart to Do This?’  |b Conceptual Metaphors of the Self in the Book of Esther 
264 1 |c 2015 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This essay responds to Carol A. Newsom's recent call for finer-grained studies of particular formulations of the moral self and agency in biblical and related Second Temple texts in two ways: first, drawing on cognitive linguistic research of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, it highlights the embodied metaphorical quality of all forms of self-conception and self-representation; second, it examines the network of conceptual metaphors of the self in the Hebrew text of Esther, especially as they speak to questions of subjective agency. Although the book of Esther draws several of its conceptual metaphors from other Hebrew biblical texts (e.g. the heart as self, the self as fillable, the self filled with wine, the self filled with heat, heat abating or dissipating from the self, etc.), it deploys them in such a way as to call into question any delusion of self-control and agency on the part of its royal patriarchal subjects, Ahasuerus and Haman. Instead of affirming agency, these metaphors conceive of the self as easily manipulated and unsettled, thereby revealing a highly insecure subjectivity that is never fully in possession of itself. 
650 4 |a Esther 
650 4 |a Metaphor 
650 4 |a Cognitive Science 
650 4 |a moral self 
650 4 |a Agency 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal for the study of the Old Testament  |d London [u.a.] : Sage, 1976  |g 40(2015), 1, Seite 97-111  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)34135550X  |w (DE-600)2068281-5  |w (DE-576)10337356X  |x 1476-6728  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:40  |g year:2015  |g number:1  |g pages:97-111 
776 0 8 |i Erscheint auch als  |n Druck-Ausgabe  |a Beal, Timothy K., 1963 -   |t 'Who filled his heart to do this?'  |d 2015  |w (DE-627)1634603176  |w (DE-576)44575933X  |k Electronic 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089215606319  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo  |a BIIN 
936 u w |d 40  |j 2015  |e 1  |h 97-111 
951 |a AR 
BIB |a 1 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4000925814 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1777016274 
LOK |0 005 20211110045847 
LOK |0 008 211110||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2021-07-29#FA0AD08BF735DE2CD6C31C891B64CBCDE2270540 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 400201648X 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1777016274 
LOK |0 005 20211113201158 
LOK |0 008 211113||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135-1  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135-1 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135-1 
LOK |0 852 1  |m p  |9 00 
LOK |0 852 2  |b www  |9 00 
LOK |0 85640  |u https://bibsearch.uibk.ac.at/permalink/f/1po5meu/UIB_alma51227423510003333 
LOK |0 935   |a inzs 
LOK |0 938   |k p 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a BIB  |a REL