Creation and Emotion in the Old Testament Bosworth David a.
Creation and Emotion in the Old Testament Bosworth David a. Creation conjures emotion and thereby shapes how we think and act. Language about nature evokes these emotional meanings and their…
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Creation and Emotion in the Old Testament Bosworth David a.
Creation conjures emotion and thereby shapes how we think and act. Language about nature evokes these emotional meanings and their consequences. People fear snakes and enclosed spaces, and delight in well-watered landscapes.
Mother nature becomes a caregiving source of life rather than an inert resource. We may construe nature as a mother to enhance love of creation and motivate care for our common home. Alternatively, we may focus on the dangers or uselessness of a swamp so that we may drain it and plant crops.
Creation and the ways we speak about it reflect and shape emotion and influence behavior.Every reference to the natural word in biblical literature involves some emotional resonance. Any animal might have intruded into the paradise of Eden, but the biblical narrative gives this role to a snake. The serpent elicits ominous foreboding because snakes evoke fear and
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