Linguistics & Biblical InterpretationHow do texts acquire meaning? How is the meaning communicated to the reader? The task of effective biblical interpretation begins with linguistics. In this introductory text on the use of linguistics in biblical interpretation, Peter Cotterell and Max Turner focus on the concept of meaning, the significance of author, text and reader, and the use of discourse analysis. |
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Language Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation | 11 |
Semantics and Hermeneutics | 37 |
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actually Amnon Barr Barr's Bible Biblical Language bicycle C. S. Lewis chap chapter Christ Christian church collocation Componential Analysis components context conversation Corinthians define deixis denote dictionary Discourse Analysis discourse meaning discussion distinction elements elucidate English example exegesis expression fact genre Gospel grammatical Greek word head Hebrew Hermeneutics Hirsch homonymy idiolect implicature indicate intended interpretation introduced Jesus John John's kephale kernel Kittel lexeme lexical concept lexical form Lexical Semantics lexical sense Lexicography linguistic London Lord Louw Luke Lyons merely metaphor Nicodemus Nida noun nuclear sentence parable particular passage Paul Paul's perceived Pharisee pneuma polysemy possible presupposition pool propositions question reader reference relationship relevant Schnackenburg semantic domain Semantic Fields semantic structure sense relations significance simply speaker Spirit suggest synonym synonymy tence Testament Greek theological tion topic translation understanding usage utterance verb verse whole Wierzbicka woman word sense word studies writing