| dc.contributor.author | Jordaan, Pierre J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-07T09:47:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-07T09:47:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jordaan, P.J. 2013. A clash of hands and tongues - 2 Maccabees 14 and 15 in the framework of cognitive linguistics. Journal of early christian history. 3(2):62-72. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/patris1] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2222-582X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14201 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Applying cognitive linguistics to the text of 2 Maccabees 14 and 15 is a useful
tool for our understanding of these narratives. Studying the author of 2 Maccabees
14 and 15’s use of the cognitive concepts ‘hands,’ ‘right hand’ and ‘tongue’ in
contrasting ways, makes it possible to reconstruct the narrative into a structure of
‘body-cosmology.’ In this exegetical structure, the narrative of 2 Maccabees 14
and 15 can be described as a confrontation between ‘that which is below’ and ‘that
which is above’ or a conflict of interests between the authority of the God of the
Maccabees and a gentile dictator. In this conflict between a heavenly and earthly
force, the Maccabees are depicted as those who restore God’s reign by their holy
actions. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/patris1 | |
| dc.description.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC145842 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Unisa Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | 2 Maccabees 14–15 | en_US |
| dc.subject | body in religious studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | space | en_US |
| dc.title | A clash of hands and tongues - 2 Maccabees 14 and 15 in the framework of cognitive linguistics | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 13151142 - Jordaan, Pierre Johan | |
