Introduction -- PART ONE An Introduction to the Text and Cognitive Methods -- Chapter One Pseudo Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum -- 1.1 Introduction to Text -- 1.1.1 Elements of Textual History: Language, Dating, Origin -- 1.1.2 Manuscripts -- 1.1.3 Problems of Authorship and Identification -- 1.1.4 Usage -- 1.1.5 Relationship to Other Books -- 1.2 Synopsis of Contemporary Scholarship -- Chapter Two Conceptual Blending and Metaphor Theory -- 2.1 Metaphor -- 2.1.1 Embodiment and Primary Metaphor -- 2.1.2 Cross-Linguistic Evidence -- 2.2 Conceptual Blending -- 2.2.1 Types of Blends: Simplex Networks -- 2.2.2 Types of Blends: Mirror Networks -- 2.2.3 Types of Blends: Single Scope Blends -- 2.2.4 Types of Blends: Double Scope Blends -- 2.3 Counterfactuals -- 2.4 Categories -- 2.5 The Offering of Seila: Assessing the Blends, Counterfactual Reasoning, and Categories in the Work of P. R. Davies and B. D. Chilton vs. Bruce Fisk -- Conclusions -- PART TWO Narrative and Rhetorical Methods -- Chapter Three Robert Alter's Narrative Theory Through A Cognitive Lens -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Choice and Repetition of Words and Phrases -- 3.2.1. Use and Non-use of Words -- 3.3 Repeated Actions, Parallels, and Analogies -- 3.3.1 Type Scenes -- 3.4 Dialogue: Direct, Prophetic, and Reported Speech -- 3.4.1 Direct Speech -- 3.4.2 Prophetic Speech -- 3.4.3 Reported Speech -- 3.5 Narrative -- 3.5.1 Exposition -- 3.5.2 Ancillary Information -- 3.5.3 Dialogue Plus Narrative -- 3.5.3.1 Undermining -- 3.5.3.2 Confirmation and Mirroring -- 3.5.3.3 Drawing Attention and Performative Speech -- 3.6 Characterization and Reliability -- 3.6.1 Assessing Character: A Test Case for Seila -- 3.7 Discussion: The Limits of Narrative Reliability -- Chapter Four Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's "New" Rhetoric Through A Cognitive Lens -- 4.1 Introduction.

4.1.1 How Pseudo-Philo Works Rhetorically -- 4.1.2 Divisions in The New Rhetoric -- 4.2 Opening Premises -- 4.2.1 Agreement -- 4.2.2 Choice -- 4.2.3 Presentation -- 4.2.4 Specificity and Emotion -- 4.2.4.1 Abstraction -- 4.2.4.2 Negative and Positive Presentation -- 4.2.4.3 Interrogative -- 4.2.5 Facts -- 4.2.5.1 Communion: Allusion -- 4.2.5.1.1 The Double Cognitive Effect of Allusion -- 4.2.5.2 Communion: Quotation -- 4.2.6 Status and Presentation of Elements: "Facts", or Reframing -- 4.3 Techniques of Argumentation -- 4.3.1 Whole/Part Inclusion and Division -- 4.3.1.1 Israel as an Example -- 4.3.2 Quasi-Logical Arguments -- 4.3.2.1 Displaying Inconsistency -- 4.3.2.2 The Rule of Justice -- 4.3.3 Argument by Authority -- 4.3.4 Analogy and Metaphor -- 4.4 A Short Critique of Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca on Metaphor -- 4.5 Some Conclusions about Rhetoric and Conceptual Blending -- 4.6 Comparative Reading: Donald Polaski and Pseudo-Philo's Tamar -- PART THREE Analyzing LIBER ANTIQUITATUM BIBLICARUM with Cognitive Methods -- Chapter Five Rewritten Bible as Conceptual Blend: Establishing Authority in Pseudo-Philo -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Re-Written Bible as a Conceptual Blend -- 5.3 Another Kind of Authority -- Chapter Six Biblical Insertions: Time Out of Joint -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Elders' Argument -- 6.3 Amram's Rebuttal -- 6.4 Enter Tamar -- 6.5 Tamar Plus Amram -- 6.6 Conclusions -- Chapter Seven Error or Intention? Mixed-Up Metaphors -- 7.1 Deborah and Sheep -- 7.2 Jael and Sheep -- 7.3 Jephthah and the Dove -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter Eight Quotations, Character, and Authority -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Abraham, Moses, and Joshua -- 8.2.1 Abraham -- 8.2.2 Moses -- 8.2.3 Joshua -- 8.3 Amram, Kenaz, and Deborah -- 8.3.1 Amram -- 8.3.2 Kenaz -- 8.3.3 Deborah -- 8.3.4 Summary -- 8.4 Miriam, Jael, Seila, Elumah, and Hannah -- 8.4.1 Miriam.

8.4.2 Jael, Seila, and Elumah -- 8.4.3 Hannah -- 8.4.4 Summary -- 8.5 Jephthah, Gideon, Dedilah and Micah, and the Medium at Endor -- 8.5.1 Jephthah -- 8.5.2 Gideon -- 8.5.3 Dedilah and Micah -- 8.5.4 The Medium at Endor -- 8.5.5 Summary -- 8.6 Conclusions -- Chapter Nine Humility and Leadership -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Abram -- 9.3 Amram -- 9.4 Kenaz -- 9.5 Deborah -- 9.6 Elumah -- 9.7 Seila -- 9.8 Hannah -- 9.9 Summary: Leadership and Humility -- 9.10 The Nature of Human Nature -- Chapter Ten Women in LAB: Mother Knows Best -- 10.1 The Issue and the Arguments -- 10.2 Local Meaning Revisited: The Meaning of Mater -- 10.2.1 Tamar -- 10.2.2 Jochebed -- 10.2.3 Themech -- 10.2.4 Deborah -- 10.2.5 The Midianites -- 10.2.6 Seila -- 10.2.7 Dedilah and the Ten Commandments -- 10.2.8 Hannah -- 10.2.9 Ruth and David -- 10.3 Other Blends Related to Mothers and Mothering -- 10.3.1 Hannah -- 10.3.2 Elumah -- 10.3.3 Moses -- 10.3.4 Melcha -- 10.3.5 Eve the Rib -- 10.4 Excursus: Infants & Suckling Babes, Your Household & Children -- 10.5 Summary -- Chapter Eleven Conclusions -- 11.1 Cognitive Theory, Literary Methods, and This Ancient Text -- 11.1.1 Conceptual Blending and Narrative Analysis -- 11.1.2 Conceptual Blending and Rhetorical Analysis -- 11.1.3 Conceptual Blending and Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum -- 11.2 Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum Through a Cognitive Lens -- 11.2.1 Authority and Re-Written Bible -- 11.2.2 God, Humans and Sin -- 11.2.3 Even Virgins Can Be Good Jewish Mothers -- Bibliography -- Index of Subject -- Index of Passages from Pseudo-Philo -- Index of Passages from Hebrew Bible -- Index of Character from Pseudo-Philo.