Psalmists in Cramped and Open Spaces: A Cognitive Perspective on the Theology of Psalms
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Psalmists in Cramped and Open Spaces : A Cognitive Perspective on the Theology of Psalms. / Holst, Søren.
I: Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Bind 28, Nr. 2, 2014, s. 266-279.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Psalmists in Cramped and Open Spaces
T2 - A Cognitive Perspective on the Theology of Psalms
AU - Holst, Søren
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A number of passages in Psalms employ the figure of speech,or perhaps more precisely, the figure of thought, that when the psalmist is inneed or in trouble, he is in a tight place, and his salvation consists in beingbrought out into the open. The article reviews this motif and makes use ofmethodological approaches from cognitive linguistics, such as the “ConceptualMetaphor Theory” associated with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson,and the “Conceptual Integration Networks” approach or “Blending Theory”introduced by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner, to analyse in more detailthe use of this motif in Psalm 18. In conclusion, it is brought up for considerationwhether the “cognitive turn” in Biblical scholarship can be fruitfullyutilized for the benefit of the sub-discipline of Old Testament Theology, andwhether this might imply a re-evaluation of previously discarded ideas aboutthe interrelatedness of language and thought.
AB - A number of passages in Psalms employ the figure of speech,or perhaps more precisely, the figure of thought, that when the psalmist is inneed or in trouble, he is in a tight place, and his salvation consists in beingbrought out into the open. The article reviews this motif and makes use ofmethodological approaches from cognitive linguistics, such as the “ConceptualMetaphor Theory” associated with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson,and the “Conceptual Integration Networks” approach or “Blending Theory”introduced by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner, to analyse in more detailthe use of this motif in Psalm 18. In conclusion, it is brought up for considerationwhether the “cognitive turn” in Biblical scholarship can be fruitfullyutilized for the benefit of the sub-discipline of Old Testament Theology, andwhether this might imply a re-evaluation of previously discarded ideas aboutthe interrelatedness of language and thought.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 266
EP - 279
JO - Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
JF - Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
SN - 0901-8328
IS - 2
ER -
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