Moving Beyond Symbol and Myth Understanding the Kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible Through Metaphor

«'Moving Beyond Symbol and Myth' is a stunning revision of Norman Perrin's work on the 'kingdom of God'. Guided by recent cognitive theory that approaches metaphors as sentences, Anne Moore's comprehensive analysis of texts that imply that 'God is king' challenges the dominant view that all kingdom of God texts are eschatological. As a result of the careful assessment of the semantic fields in virtually all the pertinent texts in 'Tanakh', Pseudepigrapha, and Apocrypha on the basis of their topic domain and vehicle field, this book sets a new standard for analysis and interpretation of kingdom texts.» (Vernon K. Robbins, Professor of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Texts, Emory University)
«Anne Moore returns to the primary sources to analyze the concept of the 'kingdom of God' in the Hebrew Bible. She argues that Norman Perrin's explanation of the kingdom of God in the teaching of Jesus is flawed, and hence inadequate to explain the data in the Hebrew Bible. Drawing on developments in the discussion of metaphor in literary criticism since 1960, Moore argues that 'kingdom of God' is a cognitive metaphor and a means to communicate some understanding about the nature of God and reality rather than being an imprecise trope referencing a myth-evoking symbol. 'Moving Beyond Symbol and Myth' is a well-written, lucid, and important study challenging the past thirty years of New Testament scholarship.» (Charles W. Hedrick, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Missouri State University)