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The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula

2008

12 páginas, 6 figuras.-- et al.

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Imagery and Religious Conversion. The Symbolic Function of Jonah 1:13

2018

Jonah 1:13 has a delaying function in the narrative, introducing a pause between Jonah’s demand to be thrown in the sea (1:12) and the event’s occurrence (1:15). Most commentators discuss only the events of 1:13 and their causes. In this article, I suggest an interpretation of Jonah 1:13 based on the imagery of the narrative. An analysis of the use of metaphors and symbols does not replace the message of the verse; such an analysis simply augments it with motives of the seamen’s conversion. Beside the narrative level, there is a hidden level suggesting a deeper understanding of the story where symbols and metaphors have a consolidating function. Distance, directions, and movement in Jonah 1…

religious conversion060303 religions & theology060101 anthropologyHistorylcsh:BL1-2790Interpretation (philosophy)Religious studies06 humanities and the arts0603 philosophy ethics and religiontheology; Old Testament; Jonah; biblical imagery; religious conversionlcsh:Religions. Mythology. RationalismOld TestamentJonahAction (philosophy)biblical imageryReligious conversionAestheticsAnticipation (artificial intelligence)theologyConnotation (semiotics)0601 history and archaeologyThe SymbolicNarrativeOld TestamentReligions; Volume 9; Issue 3; Pages: 73
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