Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Ambiguity and Figurative Speech -- 2. Distinguishing Metaphors from Non-Metaphors -- 3. A Non-Binary Conceptualization of Meaning -- 4. Toward a Model for Gradient Judgments -- 5. Typicality Conditions and Relevance -- 6. Metaphor as a Gradient Judgment -- 7. Idolatry: The Most Challenging Metaphor -- 8. Aniconism as a Narrowing of the Conditions-of-Relevance -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names and Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Scriptural References.