The Gift of Tongues : Ecstatic Utterance or Foreign Languages? the Linguistic Evidence / Bruce A. Edminster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edminster, Bruce A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glossolalia--History.

Glossolalia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Academica Press, [2023]

Summary:

Of all the theological issues discussed in Christian circles, few have received more attention than the New Testament "gift of tongues." Were the tongues at Corinth "real languages," or something else? Some charismatics and an assortment of sympathetic observers, spurred on by modern linguistic analyses of audio recordings of modern tongues vocalizations, argue that modern tongues and the tongues in Corinth alike are not real languages at all. The questions Bruce Edminster seeks to answer in The Gift of Tongues include whether the Corinthian gift is the same as the one found in the book of Acts, what is the meaning and significance of the word "edification" in the context of the Corinthian phenomenon, and is the gift of tongues "real" language, the language of the angels, or a non-language? Further consideration asks what should the "gift of tongues" should be used for? Evangelism? Personal devotion? Self-gratification?

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Historical, Cultural, Linguistic, and Religious Setting of First Century Corinth

Chapter 2. An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 14 and Related Biblical Passages

Addendum 1 To Chapter 2

Addendum 2 To Chapter 2

Addendum 3 To Chapter 2

Addendum 4 To Chapter 2

Chapter 3. A Comparison of Words and Phrases Used by Paul in 1 Corinthians 14 and Elsewhere in the Bible and How those words and Phrases are used in Classical Secular Literature

Addendum for Chapter 3

Chapter 4. Did the Ancient Greek Oracles “Speak in Tongues”? Looking at the some examples.

Chapter 5. The Alleged Parallels between the Biblical Phenomenon of Tongues and Secular Greek Practice.

Chapter 6. Looking at the Concept of “Tongues” of Charles A. Sullivan

Chapter 7. Similarities and Dissimilarities of Word and Phrase Usages in Biblical and Classical Greek Writings.

Chapter 8. Hebrew and the First Language of Mankind

Addendum to Chapter 8

Chapter 9. Conclusion

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ISBN:

9781680538472

1680538470

OCLC:

1458759822