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University, Diss.--Chicago, 2006. / Introduction-The scope of this book-Definitions of metaphor-The approach to metaphor in this book-Birth as event and metaphor in the ancient Near East-The sources-The experience of birth-The experience of birth becomes a metaphor-Birth as event and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible-Birth as an event in the Hebrew Bible-Birth as a metaphor in the Bebrew Bible-The biblical birth metaphor for cases of local crisis-War imagery and bad news-War imagery-Divine punishment imagery-The biblical birth metaphor for cases of universal crisis-Texts-The biblical birth metaphor for cases of personal crisis-Engulfment imagery-War imagery-Prophetic vision imagery-1QH XI, 1-18: the birth metaphor at Qumran-1QH XI, 1-18 within the corpus of the Hodayot-The identity of the mothers and the children in 1QH XI, 1-18-Interpreting 1QG XI, 1-18 in light of the birth metaphor-1QH XI, 1-18: personal and universal crisis.