Metaphors in 4 Maccabees
Updated by:
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes:
NR\Reader checked\26/04/2015
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2015
Full title:
Metaphors in 4 Maccabees
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Yearbook 2014/2015: The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Series Title:
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Editor(s):
Markus Witte
Sven Behnke
Place of Publication:
Berlin\Munich\Boston
Publisher:
De Gruyter
Pages:
279-298
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
This article argues that 4 Maccabees can be seen as an ideology of martyrdom, probably composed in Antioch. It was addressed to Jews in order to demonstrate that the Jewish way of life is even better than what Greco-Roman philosophers expect in terms of a virtuous existence. The author of 4 Macc applies various metaphors in order to drive this point home. The article deals with its agricultural, military and athletic metaphors.
Record reference:
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/422048
Label:
20/04/2015
Record number:
100 234