The Kingdom of God in Luke's gospel : a cognitive approach / Karl C. H. Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leung, Karl C. H., author.

Series:

Early Christianity and its literature ; No. 37.

Early Christianity and its literature ; No. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Kingdom of God--Biblical teaching.

Kingdom of God.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

xix, 407 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Luke's Gospel plays a significant role in transmitting the majority of the kingdom of God sayings directly associated with Jesus. Karl C. H. Leung offers a new explanation of the semantics of the phrase from a cognitive model of polysemy and provides alternative interpretations of the kingdom teachings in Luke's Gospel as a whole. Leung departs from the more common twentieth-century interpretation of an inaugurated eschatology in which God's reign has arrived and will be consummated at the end of the age. Instead, he demonstrates that Jesus's teaching on the kingdom of God exhibits the notions of gathering the eschatological Israel, restoring the ownership of the promised land to the chosen people of God, and attaining the continual expansion of God's new world on earth in the eschatological age." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Rethinking the semantics of the kingdom of God

A cognitive model of word semantics

The kingdom of God as God's household

The kingdom of God as God's land

The kingdom of God as God's realm

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-357) and indexes.

ISBN:

1628377941

9781628377941

162837795X

9781628377958

OCLC:

1575245273