Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation

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.

Abbreviations

7

(2)

Preface

9

(2)

Language, Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation

11

(26)

The Phenomenon of Human Language

11

(7)

Pragmatics and Exegesis

18

(1)

Universals of Language

19

(6)

Synchronic and Diachronic Linguistics

25

(1)

Linguistics and the Bible

26

(11)

Semantics and Hermeneutics

37

(40)

Semantics

37

(16)

The Task of Exegesis and the Nature of 'Meaning'

53

(24)

Dimensions of the Meaning of a Discourse

77

(29)

Meaning as 'Sense'

77

(5)

Meaning and Reference

82

(8)

Meaning as Significance and Presupposition Pools

90

(7)

Meaning as Significance and Genre Considerations

97

(3)

Meaning as 'Significance' and the Exegetical Task

100

(6)

The Use and Abuse of Word Studies in Theology

106

(23)

Word Study from Cremer to Kittel

106

(3)

James Barr and the Criticism of Word-Study Approaches to Theology

109

(14)

Responses to Barr

123

(6)

The Grammar of Words: Lexical Semantics

129

(59)

Introduction

129

(10)

Analyzing the Different Senses of a Word

139

(36)

Context and the Choice of Senses

175

(3)

Summary of Implications of Lexical Semantics for Theological Word Studies

178

(10)

Sentences and Sentence Clusters

188

(42)

Sentences

188

(5)

Sentence Clusters

193

(12)

Meaning Relations between Pairs of Sentences or Propositions

205

(12)

The Nuclear Sentence Relations in Hebrews 2.1-4

217

(1)

Ranking Nuclear Sentences in Complex Proposition Clusters

218

(3)

Semantic Structure Analysis of Extensive Discourses

221

(2)

Semantic Structure Analysis and New Testament Exegesis

223

(7)

Discourse Analysis

230

(27)

Introduction

230

(4)

Discourse Indicators of Time

234

(2)

Deixis

236

(4)

Direct and Indirect Speech in Texts

240

(1)

The Structure of Discourse

241

(6)

Discourse Structure: a Summary

247

(1)

The Rape of Tamar

248

(9)

Discourse Analysis: The Special Case of Conversation

257

(36)

The Presupposition Pool

257

(2)

Five Principles Governing Conversation

259

(7)

Turn-Taking

266

(1)

Adjacency Pairs

267

(8)

Anecdotal Pairs

275

(3)

Nicodemus

278

(15)

Non-Literal Language

293

(40)

Subjective Meaning in Utterances

293

(1)

Affective Language

294

(5)

Metaphor

299

(3)

Burning Coals (Romans 12.20)

302

(5)

Parable

307

(4)

Allegory

311

(5)

Congregational Worship: 1 Cor.11.2-16

316

(17)

Bibliography

333

(9)

Author Index

342

(2)

Subject Index

344

(3)

Index to Biblical References

347

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