From traumatic to narrative memories : the rhetorical function of birth metaphors in Micah 4-5
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2018
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University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
This article proposes that trauma hermeneutics and, in particular, greater theoretical reflection on the relationship between trauma and metaphor may help explain the birth metaphors in Micah 4:9-5:3, where the woman-in-labour metaphor has been transformed quite dramatically. In the context of Micah, which I propose could also be characterized as trauma literature, there is evidence of a movement from potentially debilitating traumatic memories, associated with the woman-in-labour metaphor, to memories that have been integrated into some kind of narrative framework and that may potentially be considered to be a sign of healing and recovery.
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CITATION: Claassens, L. J. 2018. From traumatic to narrative memories : the rhetorical function of birth metaphors in Micah 4-5. Acta Theologica, 38(26):21-236, doi:10.18820/23099089/actat.sup26.13.
The original publication is available at http://www.scielo.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.scielo.org.za
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Trauma, Healing, Bible. Micah, IV-V -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Citation
Claassens, L. J. 2018. From traumatic to narrative memories : the rhetorical function of birth metaphors in Micah 4-5. Acta Theologica, 38(26):21-236, doi:10.18820/23099089/actat.sup26.13