| What Did Jesus Mean? Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts Contributor(s): Wierzbicka, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195137337 ISBN-13: 9780195137330 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: In this highly interdisciplinary work, linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her well-known semantic theory of "universal human concepts"- concepts which are intuitively understandable and self-explanatory across languages-and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations of the Gospels. Written in dialogue with other biblical commentators, What Did Jesus Mean? is both scholarly rigorous yet accessible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 226.806 |
| LCCN: 00021159 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6" W x 9" (1.68 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this highly interdisciplinary work, linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her well-known semantic theory of universal human concepts- concepts which are intuitively understandable and self-explanatory across languages-and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations of the Gospels. Written in dialogue with other biblical commentators, What Did Jesus Mean? is both scholarly rigorous yet accessible. |