What did Jesus mean? : explaining the Sermon on the mount and the parables in simple and universal human concepts / Anna Wierzbicka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wierzbicka, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Parables.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. Gospels--Language, style.

Bible.

Sermon on the mount--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Sermon on the mount.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her theory of universal human concepts and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations.

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 scholarly, rigorous, and yet accessible.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-495) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-19666-5

9786611196660

0-19-803140-8

1-4356-1854-8

OCLC:

191023657