Blood Revenge in Light of the Imago Dei in Genesis 9:6 . Its Semantics and Pragmatics
Blood Revenge in Light of the Imago Dei in Genesis 9:6 . Its Semantics and Pragmatics
Author(s): Jozef JančovičSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Book of Genesis; image of God; creation; flood narrative; blood; vengeance;
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, some scholars have claimed that God’s creation of humani-ty in the divine image (Gen 1:26-28) presents both a royal-functional reading and also the model of nonviolence that counters recurrent violence throughout the Hebrew Bible. This nonviolent reading of humanity created in God’s image disregards the mention of this concept at the end of the Flood Narrative in Gen 9:6. This article firstly takes into consid-eration the proximate context and semantics of Gen 9:6 expressed through its structural, linguistic and syntactic aspects. Moreover, the pragmatics of this saying will be analyzed through the investigative criteria of discursive analysis to better identify how semantic meaning and other contextual features underpin what is communicated by this challenging utterance.
Journal: The Biblical Annals
- Issue Year: 10/2020
- Issue No: 67/2
- Page Range: 191-206
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
