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Conceptualizing Biblical Cities

A Stylistic Study

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Authors:
  1. Karolien Vermeulen

    1. Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  • Argues that a clear set of conceptual images defines the Biblical Hebrew city
  • Contributes to the study of both spatial construal in language and the stylistics of space in text
  • Analyses seven conceptual metaphors of 'the city' as construed by language in the Bible

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The City for Starters

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 1-14

  3. Shaping the City Textually

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 15-36

  4. The Personified City

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 37-92

  5. The Urban Animal

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 93-120

  6. Bodyscapes

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 121-141

  7. City Building

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 143-158

  8. Container City

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 159-181

  9. The Urban Object

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 183-200

  10. The Vertical City

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 201-224

  11. The City at Last

    • Karolien Vermeulen
    Pages 225-235

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-275
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About this book

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the city image in the Hebrew Bible, with specific attention to stylistics. By engaging with spatial theory (Lefebvre 1974, Soja 1996), the author develops a new framework to analyse the concept of ‘city’, arguing that a set of conceptual images defines the Biblical Hebrew city, each of them constructed using the same linguistic toolkit. Contrary to previous studies, the book shows that biblical cities are not necessarily evil or female. In addition, there is no substantial difference between the metaphorical images used for Jerusalem and those used for other cities. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of stylistics, urban studies, critical-spatial theory and biblical studies (especially Biblical Hebrew). 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Karolien Vermeulen

About the author

Karolien Vermeulen is FWO Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Her research interests include (cognitive) stylistics, Biblical Hebrew, critical spatiality, metaphor theory, and urban studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conceptualizing Biblical Cities

  • Book Subtitle: A Stylistic Study

  • Authors: Karolien Vermeulen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45270-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45269-8Published: 24 July 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45272-8Published: 25 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45270-4Published: 23 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 275

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Stylistics, Biblical Studies, Semantics, Semitic Languages, Corpus Linguistics

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