From ritual to metaphor: The semantic shift in the concept of ‘victim' and medieval Christian piety

A study of the genealogy of the concept of victim (victima), originally an object of sacrifice [ritualistic meaning], reveals how it became a metaphorical label for a harmed party [figural meaning]. This article rejects the idea presented in earlier scholarship, that the figural meaning of victim (‘...

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Main Author: Galona, Yevgen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In:Enthalten in undefined: 24(2018), 1, Seite 83-98
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