Metaphors of the self: On the connection between self-constitution and religion in the Hebrew Bible (B03)

• Subject Area: Roman Catholic Theology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 441126958

This project focuses body-related metaphors from the Hebrew Bible, particularly from Psalms, Job, Jeremiah and Lamentations. Employing these metaphors, these texts contribute to the emergence of an inner self related to individuality, personhood, self-reflection, morality, etc. The project addresses the correlation of the emergence of an “inner-self” and “religion”. It hypothe-sizes that through the increasing constitution of an "inside", imagined as not permeable but self-contained, processes of individualization and, in connection with this, the axial emergence of religious individuality are intensified.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1475: Metaphors of Religion. Religious Meaning-Making in Language Use
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Christian Frevel