FROM TRAUMATIC TO NARRATIVE MEMORIES:
This article proposes that trauma hermeneutics and, in particular, greater theoretical reflection on the relationship between trauma and metaphor may help explain the birth metaphors in Micah 4:9-5:3, where the woman-in-labour metaphor has been transformed quite dramatically. In the context of Mica...
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This article proposes that trauma hermeneutics and, in particular, greater theoretical reflection on the relationship between trauma and metaphor may help explain the birth metaphors in Micah 4:9-5:3, where the woman-in-labour metaphor has been transformed quite dramatically. In the context of Micah, which I propose could also be characterized as trauma literature, there is evidence of a movement from potentially debilitating traumatic memories, associated with the woman-in-labour metaphor, to memories that have been integrated into some kind of narrative framework and that may potentially be considered to be a sign of healing and recovery.
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| spelling | doaj-art-45bdd0a738d84b2d8d1641d2efbe04f22025-02-11T09:49:43ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892018-12-0110.38140/at.v0i0.3650FROM TRAUMATIC TO NARRATIVE MEMORIES:L J Claassens0University of Stellenbosch This article proposes that trauma hermeneutics and, in particular, greater theoretical reflection on the relationship between trauma and metaphor may help explain the birth metaphors in Micah 4:9-5:3, where the woman-in-labour metaphor has been transformed quite dramatically. In the context of Micah, which I propose could also be characterized as trauma literature, there is evidence of a movement from potentially debilitating traumatic memories, associated with the woman-in-labour metaphor, to memories that have been integrated into some kind of narrative framework and that may potentially be considered to be a sign of healing and recovery. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/3650Trauma hermeneuticsMicah 4-5Birth metaphors |
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| title | FROM TRAUMATIC TO NARRATIVE MEMORIES: |
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| title_short | FROM TRAUMATIC TO NARRATIVE MEMORIES: |
| title_sort | from traumatic to narrative memories |
| topic | Trauma hermeneutics Micah 4-5 Birth metaphors |
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