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This is the first attempt in biblical studies to apply the tools developed by theoreticians of metaphor to the common biblical metaphor of God as king. The extent to which elements of human kingship are projected onto God is investigated, and several significant conclusions emerge: • Royal characteristics that have a diminutive connotation are generally not projected onto God. • God’s...

(1985:95; cf. 1988:134) describes this large set of common features as ‘a community of relations’. Once we speak of shared images and feelings, the similarities between the vehicle and tenor become extensive; according to some theorists of metaphor, they are infinite (Davidson, 1979:44; Booth, 1979b:174). This study can just begin to explore them. I have suggested that ‘God is king’ is a live biblical metaphor which is best explicated by examining the common elements shared by the biblical conceptions
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