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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...

pragmatics, the utterance situation. Therefore, the image conveyed by ‘God is king’ will differ in varying contexts. To illustrate by analogy: ‘My love—you are a rose’ will convey a different image if uttered by a person (1) who cherishes roses for their beauty; (2) who is red-green color-blind; (3) who loves roses’ scent; (4) who ‘appreciates’ roses only for their thorns. Thus, the way in which a metaphor is unpacked must be sensitive to its context (Morgan, 1979:143; Fraser, 1979:181–82; Klein,
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