On Bread Alone: The Symbolic Function of Manna in the Hebrew Bible

我的博士项目是探索希伯来圣经文本中吗哪*的文学符号，并在随后的解释中发展对其神学意义的理解，显示其发展为概念化神圣的忠诚，智慧和创造的可延展联系。研究的核心问题是双重的：在某些文本中突出吗哪的作用如何帮助观众理解他们的文化叙事，以及文化叙事的变化如何影响符号的使用？从根本上说，它是对作为对话的解释学过程的探索——对文本和故事的理解如何随着时间的推移而适应不断变化的语境——以及隐喻在这一过程中的作用。为了评估发展情况，该项目将对希伯来圣经中包含吗哪的段落进行训诂调查；然后，它将应用这些发现依次解释早期犹太教和基督教的文本。

My doctoral project is an exploration of the literary symbol of manna* in the text of the Hebrew Bible and the development of the understanding of its theological significance in subsequent interpretation, showing its development as a malleable connection to conceptualizing divine faithfulness, wisdom, and creation. The core research question is twofold: how does highlighting the role of manna in certain texts aid the audience's understanding of their cultural narrative, and how do changes in the cultural narrative influence how the symbol becomes used in turn? Fundamentally, it is an exploration of the hermeneutical process as dialogical-how the understanding of texts and stories adapts to changing contexts throughout time-and the role of metaphors in that process. In order to evaluate the development, the project will undergo an exegetical survey of the passages which incorporate manna in the Hebrew Bible; it will then apply these findings to explain in turn texts from early Judaism and Christianity.