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0830817514
- 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10: 0830817514
- ISBN-13: 978-0830817511/9780830817511
How 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.
The application of modern linguistics to biblical study is proving to be increasingly fruitful in understanding the text, but it has been difficult for the student to find a clear, reliable introduction to these
new methods. This need has now been met in the delightfully written work of Peter Cotterell and Max Turner, who happily bring together the respective insights of the linguist and the exegete. Their book is
characterized by frequent reference to biblical texts, showing how their understanding can be illumined by a knowledge of linguistics, and how confusion and error in interpretation on a linguistic level can
be avoided. This book should be regarded as essential reading for all students of the New Testament, and the reader with some previous knowledge of the subject will also find great profit in the discussion
of different types of approach to the understanding of texts. I. Howard Marshall, University of Aberdeen Peter Cotterell is senior lecturer in missiology and linguistics at London Bible College, and a fellow of the Institute of Linguists. Max Turner is teaching fellow in New Testament exegesis at the University of Aberdeen.
