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Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation
Peter Cotterell & Max Turner, InterVarsity Press

In this introduction to 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.
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
1. Language, Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation
2. Semantics and Hermeneutics
3. Dimensions of the Meaning of a Discourse
4. The Use and Abuse of Word Studies in Theology
5. The Grammar of Words: Lexical Semantics
6. Sentences and Sentence Clusters
7. Discourse Analysis
8. Discourse Analysis: The Special Case of Conversation
9. Non-Literal Language
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Index to Biblical References
In this introduction to 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.
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
1. Language, Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation
2. Semantics and Hermeneutics
3. Dimensions of the Meaning of a Discourse
4. The Use and Abuse of Word Studies in Theology
5. The Grammar of Words: Lexical Semantics
6. Sentences and Sentence Clusters
7. Discourse Analysis
8. Discourse Analysis: The Special Case of Conversation
9. Non-Literal Language
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Index to Biblical References
