Index of Conceptual Metaphors
Adultery is prostitution
27
Apostasy is adultery
27
Covenant is marriage
27, 116–134
Death is a lion
176–177
Exile is sickness
180–183
Exile is an existential condition
100
Gentiles are branches
332–335
God is a parent
23–28, 34, 36–38, 43–44
God is a father
24
God is a mother
24
God is a husband
23–25, 27, 34, 116–134
God is a gardener
334–336
God is a judge
241–246
God is a king
241
God is a master
34–36
God is an orchestrator
41–42
God is a potter
325–335
God is a shepherd
168
God is a vinedresser
77–78
God is a warrior
241
God is a lion
40, 165–187, 188–208, 221–224, 236–241
God is a wild animal
42–43
Gods are lions
171–175
Israel and Judah are clothing
256–260
Israel and Judah are sisters
264–268
Israel and Judah are sticks
260–264
Israel is a booth
49–63, 272–295
Israel is a plant
260–264, 307–309, 311–312, 330–335
Israel is a vineyard
77–78
Israel is a woman
217–221
Israel is a wife
116–134
Jerusalem is a shelter
275–280
Jerusalem is a vineyard
72–75
Judah is a vineyard
69–75
Liberation is waymaking
283–284
Life is a journey
232
Life with God is a rollercoaster
21–44
Man is a bird in a cage
274–275
Man is a god
236–241
Man is a lion
236–241
Nations are trees
214–217
People are plants
324–335
Soul is the human life
102–112
Soul is the human self
103–104
The church is a body
317
The church is a building
317
The church is the new Israel/Jacob
151
The church is a remnant
319–331
The church is a root
319–331
The church is a vessel
326–327
The community is a foundation stone
296–316
The enemy is a lion
165–187
The enemies are desert animals
141–161
The enemies are demons
151
The people of Israel are God’s children
23
The people of Israel are God’s wife
23
The righteous is a tree
209–210
The temple is a navel
299–302
The wicked is a lion
171–177
Unbelief is stumbling
331