The “Innards” in the Psalms and Job as Metaphors for Illness

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ID21476984
AutoresKenneth E Southwood (0000-0002-5259-7051, University of Oxford, autor correspondente), Katherine Southwood (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford Oxford UK)
Ano2020
Volume42
Fascículo2
Páginas159-185
Data de publicação2020-10-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHorizons in Biblical Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0195-9085 • E-ISSN: 1871-2207
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/18712207-12341411
OpenAlexW3092684091
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas28

This article explores body and illness metaphors in the Psalms and Job. Specifically, it focuses on the various terms pertaining to the “innards” or “internal organs” of the human body. Although myriad terms for internal organs exist, the terms קֶרֶב and מֵעֶה are the particular focus of this article. Interestingly, a link between discourse and digestion emerges in the metaphors from both Job and the Psalms. However, in Job a language for pain emerges which is disturbing and anthropomorphic, regularly depicting an attacking deity. In contrast, in the examples from the Psalms, tend to make a clearer distinction between the righteous and the wicked. In both cases, however, the body and metaphors connected to it are tightly bound up with what is social. The body is portrayed as an ever-interpreted entity and the actions and reactions of the community are all-important

Biblical studies · Epistemology · Linguistics · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology